(1) The following real and tangible personal property used or held for future use by a company described in subsection (2) of this section shall be locally assessed:

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(a) Property constituting a data center or used in connection with the operation of data center property;

(b) Property used on the data center property to generate electricity; and

(c) Electricity generated by property described in paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies to a company that is:

(a) Not a company described in ORS § 308.515 (1); or

(b) A company described in ORS § 308.515 (1) if the historical or original cost of the real and tangible personal property of all data centers owned, leased or used by the company in Oregon and all additions to the data center property, excluding property described in subsection (1)(b) and (c) of this section, is equal to or greater than $200 million.

(3) For purposes of ORS § 308.505 to 308.674, property described in subsection (1) of this section, and intangible personal property that is related to the property, may not be included in any unit subject to central assessment. [2015 c.23 § 8; 2019 c.164 § 2]

[Amended by 1957 c.711 § 6; 1977 c.884 § 8; 1995 c.256 § 2; 1999 c.223 § 2; renumbered 308.524 in 2019]