AWS Hillsboro
Hillsboro, Washington County, OR
AWS Hillsboro is a mapped data center in Washington County, OR, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc. and ultimately owned by Amazon.com, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 460 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
AWS Hillsboro is a hyperscale data center in Hillsboro, Washington County, Oregon, operated by Amazon Data Services, Inc., a subsidiary ultimately owned by Amazon.com, Inc. Operational since 2017, the site carries a reported power capacity of 460 MW, drawing electricity from Portland General Electric Co within the PGE balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentAmazon.com, Inc.
- Files asAmazon Data Services, Inc.
- This facilityAWS Hillsboro
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: GDELT- Amazon.com (AMZN) Is Down 5.4% After $10 Billion Missouri AI Data Center Bet - Has The Bull Case Changed? - SahmSahm· Jun 23, 2026
- Amazon.com (AMZN) Gains 3% After Announcing $10 Billion Missouri Data Center Investment - Insider MonkeyInsider Monkey· Jun 18, 2026
- What Amazon.com (AMZN)'s US$10 Billion Missouri Data Center Bet Means For Shareholders - SahmSahm· Jun 15, 2026
- Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Pursues Canadian Bond to Finance $200B AI Data Center Investment Spree - Yahoo FinanceYahoo Finance· Jun 13, 2026
- Amazon.com (AMZN): The Best Data Center Stock with Huge Upside Potential - Yahoo FinanceYahoo Finance· May 31, 2026
- Amazon.com (AMZN): The Best Data Center Stock with Huge Upside Potential - Insider MonkeyInsider Monkey· May 31, 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 Amazon.com, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.
- Long-Term Rural Enterprise Zone (Morrow County School District 1)Tax break$16,668,806Morrow County School District 1, OR · granted 2024 · 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 460 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, Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, is 992 ft from this site (1,500 students). 7 public schools sit within a mile of the 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.