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UCLA Flags Debt Risk Hanging Over the Pacific Northwest’s Data-Center Boom

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A September 2026 UCLA Economic Letter warns that the debt financing the AI data-center surge, the same surge that has turned eastern Oregon and central Washington into national hyperscale hubs, carries default and dormancy risks that could strand investment across the region.

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