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QTS Hillsboro 3

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

PermittedNo reception on recordRecord updated September 21, 2026

QTS Hillsboro 3 is a permitted data center in Hillsboro, Oregon (Washington County), operated by QTS Data Centers.

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Facility record

Permitted

Operator
QTS Data Centers
Facility type
Data center
Location
Northeast Pubols Street, Hillsboro, Washington County, OR, 97124
Coordinates
45.5719, -122.9184
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Portland General Electric (PGE)
Cooling
Closed loop
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

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. September 17, 2026
    Permitted
    Hillsboro Herald (2026-08-13) reports the QTS North/HIL3 campus at Schaff and Pubols (case DR-014-23, approved 2024-01-12, 750,000+ sq ft with generators and a PGE substation) is 'approved. Done deal' but 'ground has not broken yet', i.e. permitted, not under construction. Cleanview's Oregon list likewise carries QTS Hillsboro 3 DC1/DC2 as planned with no year. Source: The Hillsboro Herald

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS Hillsboro 3 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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A new status, a permit, a reception finding, or a lawsuit. Nothing else, ever.

Notes on the record

Confirmed as planned 2-building campus, 100+MW, described as in development/under construction per QTS's own directory listing ('In Development'). Candidate 1465196736 is the same site, ~0.2km away; kept this one, dropped the other as duplicate.

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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
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.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
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.

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Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the QTS Hillsboro 3 data center in Hillsboro?

Nothing on record as of September 21, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS Hillsboro 3 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 3 data center?

No lawsuit over QTS Hillsboro 3 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 3 use?

No water withdrawal figure for QTS Hillsboro 3 is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, 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 3, and how big is it?

QTS Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 41 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "QTS Hillsboro 3," updated September 21, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/qts-hillsboro-3-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-3-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. 1.QTS facility directory · QTS · retrieved September 21, 2026
  2. 2.OpenStreetMap way/1465196735 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved July 22, 2026
  3. 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  4. 4.Next Wave: 7 Hillsboro data center projects march ahead, The Hillsboro Herald (2026-08-13): QTS North HIL3 approved, ground not yet broken · The Hillsboro Herald · retrieved September 17, 2026
  5. 5.Data Centers in Oregon, Cleanview project list (QTS Hillsboro 3 DC1/DC2: planned, TBD) · Cleanview · retrieved September 17, 2026

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