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QTS Hillsboro 1
Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon · All 36 QTS Data Centers sites · Every QTS and Compass Datacenters case on our tracker
QTS Hillsboro 1 is an operating data center in Hillsboro, Oregon (Washington County), operated by QTS Data Centers. The public record puts it at 20 MW operating, 25 acres.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- QTS Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center
- Location
- 4951 Northeast Huffman Street, Hillsboro, Washington County, OR, 97124
- Coordinates
- 45.5588, -122.9278
- Power capacity
- 20 MW operating
- Land
- 25 acres
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Portland General Electric (PGE)
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- 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
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS Hillsboro 1 in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon 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
Confirmed at 4951 NE Huffman St, Hillsboro, OR 97124, 25-acre multi-building campus.
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
- Permanent jobs promised
- How the community has received 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.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
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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.
- Flexential Portland - Hillsboro 3 · Hillsboro · Flexentialunder 1 mile · Operating · 36 MW
- Flexential Portland - Hillsboro 2 · Hillsboro · Flexentialunder 1 mile · Operating · 18 MW
- Flexential Portland - Hillsboro 5 · Hillsboro · Flexentialunder 1 mile · Operating · 36 MW
- STACK POR03 · Hillsboro · STACK Infrastructureunder 1 mile · Operating · 200 MW
- Flexential Portland - Hillsboro 4 (PDX04) · Hillsboro · Flexentialunder 1 mile · Operating · 18 MW
- STACK POR01 · Hillsboro · STACK Infrastructureunder 1 mile · Operating · 40 MW
- EdgeConneX POR01/POR02 (Hillsboro campus) · Hillsboro · EdgeConneXunder 1 mile · Operating
- NTT Hillsboro HI1 Data Center · Hillsboro · NTT Global Data Centersunder 1 mile · Operating · 36 MW
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the QTS Hillsboro 1 data center in Hillsboro?
Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS Hillsboro 1 in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon 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 QTS Hillsboro 1 data center?
No lawsuit over QTS Hillsboro 1 appears in the record we track as of August 16, 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 QTS Hillsboro 1 use?
No water withdrawal figure for QTS Hillsboro 1 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 QTS Hillsboro 1, and how big is it?
QTS Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 36 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 20 MW. The site is recorded at 25 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "QTS Hillsboro 1," updated August 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/qts-hillsboro-1-or.
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/qts-hillsboro-1-or, 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.QTS facility directory · QTS · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap way/729192992 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
- 4.QTS facility directory · QTS · retrieved August 16, 2026
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