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QTS Hillsboro 1

Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon · All 41 QTS Data Centers sites · Every QTS and Compass Datacenters case on our tracker

OperatingNo reception on recordRecord updated September 21, 2026

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: air
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 September 21, 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.

Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Permanent jobs promised
How the community has received it

Which document closes each gap

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
Adobe Hillsboro Data Center (OR1) · Hillsboro · Adobeunder 1 mile · Operating
EdgeConneX POR01/POR02 (Hillsboro campus) · Hillsboro · EdgeConneXunder 1 mile · Operating

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the QTS Hillsboro 1 data center in Hillsboro?

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 September 21, 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. Cooling is recorded as air, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. 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 41 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 September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/qts-hillsboro-1-or.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/qts-hillsboro-1-or, retrieved October 29, 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 September 21, 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

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