Data centers in Washington County, Oregon

Washington County has 5 data centers on the record: 4 running and 1 proposed. Washington County has a scorecard row with no rating yet, and a pause on new data centers is on the record. The latest decision on the record: Hillsboro enacted a 120 day moratorium on new data center and battery storage applications in late July 2026 (Hillsboro), September 15, 2026.

Updated September 25, 2026 · Every line below links to its source · How the record works

How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.

The 5 data centers in Washington County

Newest activity first

Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.

Running Built from one source
Aligned PDX-01
Hillsboro, Washington County · Aligned Data Centers
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
Digital Realty Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Washington County · Digital Realty
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
QTS Data Centers Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Washington County · QTS Data Centers
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Running Built from one source
STACK Infrastructure Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Washington County · STACK Infrastructure
No dated entry on the record yet.
Land
Not disclosed
Power
Not disclosed
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed
Reported Built from one source
Hillsboro data center projects (7 in permitting)
Hillsboro, Washington County
Latest, reported May 28, 2026: Flexential announced plans for Hillsboro 6 after purchasing additional property prnewswire.com local outlet
Land
Not disclosed
Power
36 MWthe developer's figure
Water
Not disclosed
Tenant
Not disclosed

Where

5 data centers in Washington County: 4 running, 1 proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.

The outline is Washington County's boundary from the U.S. Census Bureau. Tap a pin for that data center's facts and a link to its page.

The cities in Washington County on the record (1)

1 of 1 city has a record. A city without one is listed, not linked, until its first published record.

City	Projects	Rules	How it treats data centers
Hillsboro	5	1	restrictive

What Washington County has decided

2 bodies, 7 decisions on the record

What the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source.

Reported: the source's date; the item names no day of its own. A month with no day: the source names the month and not the day.

Washington Countycounty
Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai announced her intention to bring forward a proposal that would temporarily pause new data center and AI computing facility development and permitting countywide, reported August 24, 2026.
katu.com local outlet
no published rating
1 act on this row
1. Reported Aug 24moratorium
  Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai announced her intention to bring forward a proposal that would temporarily pause new data center and AI computing facility development and permitting countywide
  katu.com local outlet
Last verified September 23, 2026.
Hillsborocity
Hillsboro City Council enacted a 120 day moratorium on new data center developments, reported September 14, 2026.
kptv.com local outlet
restrictive
6 acts on this row
1. Reported Sep 14moratorium adopted
  Hillsboro City Council enacted a 120 day moratorium on new data center developments.
  kptv.com local outlet
2. Reported Sep 9moratorium
  Hillsboro put 120 day moratorium on data center projects at end of July 2026
  datacenterdynamics.com trade press
3. Jul 28moratorium adopted
  Hillsboro City Council unanimously adopted 120 day moratorium on data center and battery energy storage land use applications on July 28 2026
  opb.org local outlet
  Also reported by 2 sources
  - katu.com local outlet
  - hillsboronewstimes.com local outlet
4. Jul 27moratorium adopted
  Hillsboro, Oregon also approved its own pause at a last minute July 27 meeting
  yahoo.com national outlet
5. July 2026moratorium adopted
  Hillsboro enacted a 120 day moratorium on new data center and battery storage applications in late July 2026
  kptv.com local outlet
6. Reported Jun 22litigation
  A legal challenge has been filed to stop Hillsboro, Oregon data center deals
  hillsboroherald.com local outlet
Last verified September 23, 2026.

The rules across Oregon.

What happened

Reported September 14, 2026 · Hillsboro

Moratorium adopted: Hillsboro City Council enacted a 120 day moratorium on new data center developments. kptv.com local outlet
Reported September 9, 2026 · Hillsboro

Moratorium: Hillsboro put 120 day moratorium on data center projects at end of July 2026 datacenterdynamics.com trade press
Reported August 24, 2026 · Washington County

Moratorium: Washington County Commissioner Nafisa Fai announced her intention to bring forward a proposal that would temporarily pause new data center and AI computing facility development and permitting countywide katu.com local outlet
July 28, 2026 · Hillsboro

Moratorium adopted: Hillsboro City Council unanimously adopted 120 day moratorium on data center and battery energy storage land use applications on July 28 2026 opb.org local outlet
July 27, 2026 · Hillsboro

Moratorium adopted: Hillsboro, Oregon also approved its own pause at a last minute July 27 meeting yahoo.com national outlet
July 2026 · Hillsboro

Moratorium adopted: Hillsboro enacted a 120 day moratorium on new data center and battery storage applications in late July 2026 kptv.com local outlet

Oregon, year by year · Every milestone, by month

Nearby counties with records

33 miles away Multnomah County 1 data center on the record 52 miles away Marion County 1 data center on the record · pause on the record 98 miles away Wasco County 1 data center on the record 145 miles away Deschutes County 1 data center on the record

Every Oregon county.

Disclosed figures

36 MW power

Power, water, jobs and tax, summed only where a data center disclosed the figure; what each facility is for; how each is cooled. Nothing here is estimated.

Power, water, jobs and tax

Figure	Disclosed total	Disclosed	Not disclosed	Basis
Power	36 MW	1	4	1 the developer's figure
Water, stated per day	Not disclosed	0	5		Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Water, stated per year	Not disclosed	0	5		Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Permanent jobs	Not disclosed	0	5		Not disclosed by any of the 5 records
Tax each year	Not disclosed	0	5		Not disclosed by any of the 5 records

Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.

By what the facilities are for

Use	Records	Power	Water	Jobs	Tax each year
Not disclosed	5	36 MW	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed	Not disclosed: water, jobs, tax each year

A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.

Third party figures on the same metrics

Numbers from outside sources on the same metric and place. A figure a project disclosed about itself is in the sums above, not here. Where several sources give the same figure for the same place and year, it is one row with every source behind it (30 sources on 24 rows).

Power

360 MWHillsboro, Washington County, OR, 2026Flexential operates more than 40 data centers in 18 U.S. markets with more than 360 MW of capacity built or under development. PR Newswire (prnewswire.com)
30 to 40 MWPrineville, OR, 2024Apple Prineville campus could require 30 to 40 megawatts of power to support its campus at full capacity. Data Center Knowledge (datacenterknowledge.com)
3 to 5 MWPrineville, OR, 202445 Mile Hydroelectric plant would generate between 3 and 5 megawatts of power. Data Center Knowledge (datacenterknowledge.com)
31 MWPrineville, Crook County, OR, 2024The data center could require as much as 31 megawatts of critical load. Data Center Knowledge (datacenterknowledge.com)

Water, stated per year

957,000,000 gallons a yearEastern Oregon, 2026Amazon's water replenishment projects in Eastern Oregon will return or improve 957 million gallons of water a year to the local ecosystem. About Amazon (press.aboutamazon.com)
284,000,000 gallons a yearEastern Oregon, 2026In 2024, all of Amazon's data center operations in Oregon used approximately 284 million gallons of water, or about 4.6% of the total potable and industrial volume produced by the City of Umatilla, City of Hermiston, and Port of Morrow. About Amazon (press.aboutamazon.com)
242,000,000 gallons a yearEastern Oregon, 2026Amazon data centers in Eastern Oregon used 242 million gallons of water in 2025. About Amazon (press.aboutamazon.com)

Permanent jobs

2,630 workersOregon, OR, 2026
2 sources
- 111 data centers support an estimated 2,630 workers. Yahoo (yahoo.com)
- Oregon data centers directly employ 2,630 workers. mashable.com (mashable.com)
600 jobsPrineville, Marion County, OR, 2026Approximately 600 people work between Meta and Apple data center sites. KTVZ (ktvz.com)
100 jobsOregon, statewide, 2026Almost 1 in every 100 jobs in Oregon is related to data centers according to ECOnorthwest analysis. Oregon Capital Chronicle (oregoncapitalchronicle.com)
75 jobsSalem, Marion County, OR, 2026Proposed Salem data center (Verrus project) expected to employ 75 people, according to public comment discussion. Salem Reporter (salemreporter.com)
66 employeesPrineville, Wasco County, OR, 202666 employees affected include logistics associates, logistics training coordinator, senior operations manager, drivers, team leaders and team manager of data center logistics. Central Oregon Daily (centraloregondaily.com)

Tax each year

450,000,000 dollarsOregon, statewide, 2026
4 sources
- Data centers expected to receive at least 450 million dollars in property tax breaks this year. Oregon Capital Chronicle (oregoncapitalchronicle.com)
- Oregon data center tax breaks total more than $450 million annually (given as 450,000,000 USD). yahoo.com (yahoo.com)
- Data centers will receive at least 450 million dollars in property tax breaks this year in Oregon. Albany Democrat-Herald (democratherald.com)
- Statewide Oregon data center tax abatements run near 450 million dollars a year (given as 450,000,000 dollars a year). newportnewstimes.com (tillamookheadlightherald.com)
7,200,000,000 USDOregon, statewide, 2026
2 sources
- Morrow County assessor reported $7.2 billion estimated value of tax exempt property owned by data centers in 2025, which was $3 billion more than combined value of property subject to property taxes. Oregon Capital Chronicle (oregoncapitalchronicle.com)
- Morrow County has roughly 7.2 billion dollars in data center property value off its tax rolls (given as 7,200,000,000 dollars). newportnewstimes.com (tillamookheadlightherald.com)
400,000,000 USDOregon, statewide, 2026
2 sources
- Data centers in Oregon received more than $400 million in tax breaks this year. Oregon Capital Chronicle (oregoncapitalchronicle.com)
- Data centers in Oregon received more than $400 million in tax breaks in 2026 (given as 400,000,000 dollars). OPB (via Google News) (opb.org)
450,000,000 USDEugene, OR, 2026Data centers expected to receive about $450 million in Oregon tax breaks this year. KVAL (kval.com)
50,000,000 dollarsThe Dalles, Wasco County, OR, 2026Google received $50 million in property tax breaks in The Dalles this year alone. OPB (opb.org)
230,000,000 to 450,000,000 US dollarsOR, 2025Value of tax exemptions for data centers in Oregon. OPB (opb.org)
275,000,000 USDOregon, statewide, 2025Oregon schools collectively lost $275 million to property tax abatements in 2024. bendbulletin.com (bendbulletin.com)
125,000,000 USDOregon, statewide, 2025Oregon schools lost $125 million to property tax abatements in 2019. bendbulletin.com (bendbulletin.com)
60,200,000 US dollarsOR, 2025Property taxes collected on operating data centers in Oregon. OPB (opb.org)
60,000,000 USDOregon, statewide, 2025Between 2019 and 2024, tax savings for businesses benefiting from enterprise zones increased by $60 million, or 185 percent. bendbulletin.com (bendbulletin.com)
29,000,000 USDOregon, statewide, 2025Crook County Schools gave up $29 million in local revenue to property tax exemptions in 2024. bendbulletin.com (bendbulletin.com)
10,000,000 USDOregon, statewide, 2025Crook County Schools gave up $10 million in local revenue to property tax exemptions in 2019. bendbulletin.com (bendbulletin.com)

What the facilities are for

No source on file states what any of the 5 tracked facilities in Washington County are for.

How the facilities are cooled

No source on file states how any of the 5 tracked facilities in Washington County are cooled.

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Data Center Record, "Data centers in Washington County, Oregon", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/or/washington-county, updated September 25, 2026.

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Data centers in Washington County, Oregon

The 5 data centers in Washington County

Aligned PDX-01

Digital Realty Hillsboro

QTS Data Centers Hillsboro

STACK Infrastructure Hillsboro

Hillsboro data center projects (7 in permitting)

Where

What Washington County has decided

What happened

Nearby counties with records

Disclosed figures

Power, water, jobs and tax

By what the facilities are for

What the facilities are for

How the facilities are cooled

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