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Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2)

Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated September 5, 2026

Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2) is an operating data center in Puyallup, Washington (Pierce County), operated by Centeris (The Benaroya Company). The public record puts it at 50 MW planned, 86 acres.

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Facility record

Operating

Operator
Centeris (The Benaroya Company)
Facility type
Data center
Location
1023 39th Avenue SE, Puyallup, Pierce County, WA, 98374
Coordinates
47.1360, -122.2720 (approximate)
Power capacity
50 MW planned
Land
86 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
21 permanent
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. November 2, 2017
    Operating
    Data Center Frontier reported Colocation Northwest leasing up to 7 MW of IT capacity at the operating South Hill campus. Source: Data Center Frontier

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 5, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2) in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

Two data center buildings, SH1 at 1023 39th Avenue SE and SH2 at 1015 39th Avenue SE, Puyallup, on an 86-acre campus with a dedicated on-site substation rated to 50 MW, expandable in 25 MW increments. SH1 is a 56,000 sq ft LEED Gold facility; a 176,000 sq ft powered shell adjoins it. Colocation Northwest (IsoFusion) leases up to 7 MW. Owned by The Benaroya Company, which entered the data center business in 2010; the site previously housed semiconductor operations. MRSC's August 2026 summary reports 21 full-time employees plus 50-100 third-party vendor employees. Coordinates are an approximate geocode of the SH1 address.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2) in Puyallup?

Nothing on record as of September 5, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2) in Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2)?

No lawsuit over Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2) appears in the record we track as of September 5, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2), and how big is it?

Centeris (The Benaroya Company) is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 50 MW. The site is recorded at 86 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Centeris South Hill Campus (SH1/SH2)," updated September 5, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/centeris-south-hill-puyallup-wa.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/centeris-south-hill-puyallup-wa, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Centeris Signs 7 Megawatt Lease in Seattle Data Center · Data Center Frontier · retrieved September 5, 2026
  2. 2.Centeris Data Center Locations (SH1 and SH2, Puyallup, WA) · Cloud and Colocation · retrieved September 5, 2026
  3. 3.What the Data Center Boom Means for Washington Local Governments · Municipal Research and Services Center (MRSC) · retrieved September 5, 2026

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