Digital Realty Hillsboro
Washington County, OR
Digital Realty Hillsboro is a mapped data center in Washington County, OR, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 220 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify
Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.
Overview
Digital Realty Hillsboro is a colocation data center in Washington County, Oregon, operated by Digital Realty Trust, Inc. Running since 2015, the site carries a reported power capacity of 220 MW and draws electricity from Portland General Electric Co, within the PGE balancing authority. The location has been mapped by DataCentersExposed.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentDigital Realty Trust, Inc.
- This facilityDigital Realty Hillsboro
In the news
source: GDELT- Digital Realty Trust Stock (US2538681030): Analysts Lift Targets As Data Center Demand Grows - AD HOC NEWSAD HOC NEWS· Jun 13, 2026
- United Kingdom Green Data Center Market Forecast and Competitive Analysis 2025-2026 & 2030 Featuring Digital Realty Trust, Equinix, Vantage, Virtus, CyrusOne, Ark, and Global Switch - Yahoo FinanceYahoo Finance· May 26, 2026
- Here’s Why Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Is the Best Data Center REIT to Buy - Yahoo FinanceYahoo Finance· May 13, 2026
- Digital Realty Trust closes $3.25B US hyperscale data center fund - MSNMSN· Mar 30, 2026
- Digital Realty Trust Closes $3.25 Billion U.S. Hyperscale Data Center Fund with Global Investors - MLQ.aiMLQ.ai· Mar 30, 2026
- Digital Realty Trust (DLR) Expands Regional Reach with Malaysia Data Center Acquisition - Insider MonkeyInsider Monkey· Feb 3, 2026
Data-center discussions in Washington County
source: LocalView (CC0)Local-government meetings in this county that discussed data centers, each cued to the moment. From the public LocalView corpus of government meetings on YouTube — a county-level signal, not necessarily about this specific site.
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77These tax breaks are recorded to Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2025 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
- Texas Qualifying Data Center Exemption$0State of Texas · granted 2014 · term — yr · source
Oregon reported $26.9M in Enterprise Zone (Long-Term Rural EZ, ORS 285C.400) property-tax abatement — Crook County (Meta Prineville campus) for FY2025 (Crook County, Oregon (audited financial statements / GASB 77 note)). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.
Water use
No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 220 MW (disclosed IT power): 1.2 L/kWh cooling (cool climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Hillsboro), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Oregon Virtual Education (orved) in Hillsboro, is 0.6 mi from this site.
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.