Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Gov. Kotek joins anti-data center rally at the Capitol. Rally organizers want a three-year moratorium on Oregon data centers. The governor will speak later. Previously, she has said she supports local moratoriums but has said Oregon has no mechanism for a statewide moratorium. 162
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Via @billoram.bsky.social www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2026/0... 050
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Oregon's semiconductor workforce is at a 30-year low even though share prices are through the roof. Will the jobs ever return? www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... 0117
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 09/04/2026It's telling, perhaps, that the News-Review posted news of its closure on Facebook but not on the Roseburg newspaper's own website. www.oregonlive.com/business/202... 131
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Oregon communities are allocating land for 9,100 acres of new data centers — including the state's first "exascale" project, an Amazon site near Boardman that could be the size of 1,000 football fields and use up to 1,300 gallons of water per minute. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... 62521
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 23/03/2026Amazon paid a small rural Oregon firm owned by local officials more than $100m while seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in data center tax breaks from some of those same public officials. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... 12513
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Oregon lawmakers overwhelmingly approved a one-year moratorium on data centers’ eligibility for one major property tax break this week, the first time the state has taken any step to rein in the industry's extraordinary incentives. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... 1195
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 02/03/2026The Oregon Legislature is moving toward imposing a 1-year moratorium on major new tax breaks for data centers. This is a big, surprising reversal. Gov. Kotek had been pushing to expand data center inventives. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... 47817
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 27/02/2026As Oregon's data center tax breaks have grown they've become more expensive to manage. Counties want help covering those costs. They're not getting it, so they're opposing Gov. Kotek's economic development bill (which further expands data centers' tax breaks.) www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... 0124
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Gov. Kotek says data centers’ impact on Oregon is “not sustainable” at the current growth rate, citing impacts on water, energy and community resources. But she's pushing ahead to expand tax breaks through a program that primarily benefits data centers. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... 132
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I really admire the state's determination, every year, to pitch Oregon's almanac and directory as a thoughtful Christmas gift. But how many people *really* want a "legacy" Blue Book from, say, 2007, under the Christmas tree? 150
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 28/11/2025A potential breakthrough for Intel, from a reputable source. 1112
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Ampere says it has completed its $6.5B sale to SoftBank. 010
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 22/09/2025In Camas for the 25th anniversary of laser manufacturer nLight. Here’s CEO Scott Keeney, who cofounded the company in 2000. At that time nLight was targeting fiber-optic networks. Today, its lasers should down drones. 130
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Here is the provision under which MJH submitted her resignation (from her February employment agreement.) Make of that what you will. 000
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Amazon is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of its purchase of Portland's Elemental Technologies. aws.amazon.com/blogs/media/... 120
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Inclusion and diversity were among Intel's "core values" for a quarter century. This year marked a dramatic change in how it talks about those topics. And now that the government is Intel's largest shareholder, observers expect Intel will ratchet back further. www.oregonlive.com/silicon-fore... 077
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Called Sandy Rowe for comment. I was very intimidated. Sandy took my call right away, though, and had a pithy comment off the top of her head, as always. 020
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Here's the story I wrote about the Tribune's launch in 2001, when I was working at The Columbian. 140
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 19/06/2025You know, he likes the money. He don’t mind the smell. 120
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Facebook/Meta says it will cut off "news availability" in Oregon if the bill becomes law. Perhaps, though, what Oregon lawmakers really want is the same deal California got. via @carlosfuentes.bsky.social 1209
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 31/03/2025New Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan is making his first remarks since being hired: “We will simplify the way we work. Bureaucracy kills innovation.” 130
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 16/02/2025The WSJ *also* says TSMC is considering a bid for Intel's factories and says Broadcom is considering a play for Intel's chip design biz. Maybe. Importantly, the WSJ notes some of the enormous complexities in marrying Intel and TSMC. www.wsj.com/tech/broadco... 000
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Bill Gates' take on Intel isn't too different from the conventional wisdom, but it still carries weight. via the AP finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-ga... 020
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The scandals have not visibly impacted the Beaverton company's business and marketing. Pacific Office Automation is a featured sponsor of Portland Trail Blazers broadcasts this fall. 120
Mike Rogoway @rogoway.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Here's a look at how Oregon state revenues have compared to forecasts. Revenues have exceeded forecasts in each budget cycle since 2011 -- and by double-digit percentages every cycle since 2017. Big forecast misses mean big kicker refunds...and less for the state to spend on on public services. 020