[butchlugrod]

Quincy, like The Dalles, is located near the Columbia River, and is an hour drive to the Grand Coulee, Chief Joseph, Wanapum, Rock Island, and Rocky Reach hydroelectric dams. Electricity in central Washington is very inexpensive. Since that article was written, Dell, Yahoo, Vantage, and Sabey have all constructed data centers in the Quincy area.

[AllexS]

Also note that a very large reason for constructing Rocky Reach Dam on the Columbia was to provide power for an Alcoa Aluminum plant that is still heavily dependent on cheap energy prices. Chelan, Douglas and Grant counties all have nearly the cheapest power rates the the country.