Project dossier · Hillsboro, Oregon

Meta-QTS Hillsboro 2 Operating

Chip types: H100. Epoch AI estimates ~180 MW.

Key facts

Operator
Meta
Owner
Meta
Size
180 MW
Location
Hillsboro, Oregon
Stage today
Operating

Source
read 2026-08-14

What to do next

Next step: Already operating — the leverage now is enforcement: noise and water conditions, tax revenue tracking, and any expansion filing, which reopens the record.

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What has happened so far (13 events)

  • 2020-02-23announcement
    QTS announced commencement of development on its 92-acre mega data center campus in Hillsboro, Oregon, planning five buildings totaling over 1 million leasable sq ft and 250+ MW gross power capacity. · source
  • 2020-10-01operational
    QTS opened Phase 1 of its Hillsboro campus, a 158,000 sq ft, 24 MW data center, with 100% of the first phase pre-leased to a global SaaS provider at approximately 4.5 MW. · source
  • 2021-06-07financing
    Blackstone announced an all-cash acquisition of QTS Realty Trust at $78 per share (approximately $10 billion including debt), the largest data center M&A deal at the time; the deal was expected to close later in 2021. · source
  • 2021-09-01filing
    In September 2021, Portland General Electric and QTS jointly filed with the Oregon Public Utility Commission seeking approval to expand PGE's renewable energy program by 250 MW of new renewable resources to support Facebook's anticipated usage at the fully expanded QTS Hillsboro campus. · source
  • 2022-01-26announcement
    Data Center Frontier reported that Meta secured a 35 MW lease at QTS's Hillsboro campus as part of its 2021 leasing activity, with QTS seeking up to 250 MW of power from PGE to support Facebook's anticipated expansion. · source
  • 2022-05-01coverage
    In May 2022, CBRE reported 199 MW of pre-leasing in the Hillsboro data center market entering 2022, with the bulk going to one large social media company (Meta) at a single facility (QTS), and QTS planning to deploy 200 MW of IT capacity at the campus. · source
  • 2024-12-02announcement
    Avangrid, PGE, QTS, and Meta announced a PPA for Tower Solar, a 120 MWac (166 MWdc) solar project in Morrow County, Oregon, to supply clean energy through PGE's Green Future Impact program supporting QTS and Meta's data center operations. · source
  • 2026-04-02coverage
    KLCC reported that Oregon data centers use 11% of the state's electricity, potentially doubling to 25% within 3-4 years, with Hillsboro identified as a key hub where industrial land has become scarce due to rapid data center development. · source
  • 2026-05-05coverage
    The Hillsboro Herald published an open letter citing $11 billion in data center tax breaks extended through 2051 and linking the city's $1.6 billion water infrastructure debt to System Development Charges tied to data center growth; over 3,400 signatures had been gathered on a moratorium petition. · source
  • 2026-05-18protest
    Approximately 100 Hillsboro residents rallied at Shute Farm to oppose data center tax giveaways; speakers cited $67 million in annual exempted property taxes from four nearby data centers, with QTS facilities holding a $2.428 billion exemption, and a moratorium petition nearing 4,000 signatures. · source
  • 2026-06-04public-comment
    About 40 Hillsboro residents spoke at a June 2 City Council meeting demanding a halt to data center development, citing concerns over farmland consumption (470 acres), water and energy costs, noise, and limited job creation; Council President Rob Harris proposed considering a one-year moratorium. · source
  • 2026-06-25lawsuit
    1000 Friends of Oregon and the Oregon Education Association filed suit challenging multiple enterprise zone tax exemption agreements for data center projects (including QTS) approved in spring 2026 before Oregon's statewide moratorium took effect on June 6. · source
  • 2026-07-27moratorium
    The Hillsboro City Council unanimously voted to impose a 120-day moratorium on new data center and battery energy storage system applications, including expansions, effective until at least November 24, 2026. · source

Find the paper trail

Find the paper trail (0 filed · 11 places to look)

State environmental permits

Backup generators, water withdrawal and stormwater are permitted by the state, usually earlier and in more detail than anything filed locally.

County & town filings

The rezoning application, site plan, traffic and noise studies, staff report and every revision.

  • Search Hillsboro planning filingssearchPlanning departments post application files under many different names. Find the department, then ask the clerk for the application number — that number unlocks everything else.
  • Search Hillsboro property records / GISsearchThe parcel record names the buying LLC and the sale date, which is what ties an anonymous filing to an operator.

Utility & grid records

The electricity request is filed with the grid operator and the utility long before the town hears about it — and states the real load.

  • No organised market covers this statenoteThere is no public queue to read. The record is the utility's integrated resource plan and its filings at the PUC — plus FERC eLibrary for anything federally docketed.
  • Oregon Public Utility Commission — docket searchSpecial contracts, large-load tariffs and rate cases are docketed here. Testimony and exhibits are public, and are usually more candid than the press release.
  • FERC eLibraryFederal filings: transmission agreements, interconnection service agreements, and co-location disputes.
  • Search the serving utility for a will-serve lettersearchThe will-serve or load-service letter is the utility's own written commitment. Ask the utility and the PUC for it by name — it is frequently the first document to exist.

Federal databases

Works anywhere, and covers the operator's record at its other sites.

  • EPA ECHO facility searchEvery federally-reported air, water and waste permit at a facility, plus its inspection and violation history. Search by address or draw a radius around the site. This project's locality centres on 45.540, -122.930 — search that point with a 5-mile radius.
  • EPA EnvirofactsThe same underlying records, queryable by county — useful for 'what else is permitted near this site' rather than one facility.
  • EPA Facility Registry ServiceResolves the shell LLC on a permit to the facility it belongs to. Worth a look when the filing name means nothing locally.

These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records. What to ask for.

Recent news

9 stories tracked since 2026-06-23 across 4 outlets. 4× Local officials are moving to pause or block the project. 3× A community is pushing back on a nearby data center. Most recent: “Hillsboro weighs two-phase data center limits as moratorium continues” (KATU, 2026-10-07).

Automated news aggregation, not human-verified — follow each link to the original outlet. Part of the story tracker, 9 headlines archived.

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Cite this page: GridWatch AI, “Meta-QTS Hillsboro 2”, aigridwatch.com/projects/meta-qts-hillsboro-2, retrieved 2026-10-11.

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