Aligned PDX campus at NE 30th Ave and Evergreen Rd, Hillsboro
Also called: Aligned PDX-01, PDX-02
Aligned is building a two-building data center campus on 27 acres in north Hillsboro. It plans 108 megawatts in total. The company says it uses a cooling system that needs almost no water.
Where things stand: Announced Jan. 2023; trackers list the first building as under construction.
🕒 Latest update (Jan 10, 2023): Aligned announced a 27-acre, 108 MW campus with two buildings (72 MW and 36 MW).
What we know
- 📍 WhereNE 30th Ave and NE Evergreen Rd, Hillsboro, Washington County
- 🏢 CompanyAligned Data Centers
- 🌳 Size27 acres
- ⚡ Power it needs108 megawatts (about as much as 86,400 homes)
- 🔌 Where the power comes from120 MW of utility capacity
- ❄️ CoolingDelta3 cooling with a waterless heat rejection system
- 💸 Tax breaksSite is in an Oregon enterprise zone (property tax break).
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Is Aligned's first Hillsboro building finished and running? 🙋 I'll find out
- When will the second building be built? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- Jan 10, 2023Aligned announced a 27-acre, 108 MW campus with two buildings (72 MW and 36 MW).
Local votes and rules
📜 Data center rules
Hillsboro is writing its first rules just for data centers and battery storage (Ordinance 6521, phase 1). The Planning Commission approved them on Sept. 9. They would keep data centers 1,000 feet from schools, allow standalone data centers only in two industrial zones with acreage caps, and require a public hearing for new ones. Council held a first reading Oct. 6; second reading is set for Oct. 20.
⏸️ Pause on new data centers
Hillsboro City Council voted unanimously to pause new land use applications for data centers and big battery storage sites for 120 days (Resolution 2932). Projects that applied before the vote can go ahead. The council can extend the pause for up to six more months.
⚖️ Court case
1000 Friends of Oregon, the Oregon Education Association, Tax Fairness Oregon and Tualatin Riverkeepers sued Hillsboro and Washington County. They say staff approved 17 data center tax break (enterprise zone) applications in a rush before the June 6 state deadline, without public notice or a vote by elected officials. The city and county say they followed the law.
🤝 Agreement with the company
Before a new state law paused data center tax breaks on June 6, 2026, Hillsboro and Washington County staff approved 17 enterprise zone tax break applications for data center projects. Companies named include Adobe, CoreWeave, Dropbox, Flexential and Nvidia. These approvals are now being challenged in court.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- Aligned Data Centers expands into Pacific Northwest with new Hillsboro campus · Aligned Data Centers · Jan 10, 2023
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