Multiple reasons contributed to Sollman’s loss to union-backed challenger Myrna Muñoz, but a pivotal and new factor was data centers. But the broad emotional push seemed to come in reaction to the growth of data centers in the Hillsboro area. Sollman herself said, “They were saying I was going to turn 1,700 acres of rich farmland, and turn them into data centers. On Aug. 2, responding to protests, the Hillsboro City Council set a moratorium lasting four months on additional data centers. The website Cleanview counts 93 operating data centers operating in Oregon (hitting above average among the states), and 32 planned.