Colocation Insights

  • Availability in Hillsboro remains limited as no facilities have 5 MW or more of contiguous space available.

Market Trends

  • PGE announced plans to invest $6.5 billion in clean energy and grid modernization over the next five years, which could drive data center development.
  • Oregon passed the POWER Act, establishing a new customer class for data centers starting at 20 MW.

Notable Activity

  • Flexential announced plans to develop Hillsboro 6—a 350,000-sq.-ft., two-story data center—across from Hillsboro 1.
  • Aligned Data Centers announced a partnership with Calibrant Energy to deploy an on-site battery system.
  • Amazon Web Services announced an underground water storage project in Hermiston.

Figure 1: Historical Market Information

Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H2 2025.

Figure 2: Historical Supply and Demand

Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H2 2025.

Figure 3: % of Total Primary Market Inventory

Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H2 2025.

Figure 4: Market Fuel Mix

Source: Portland General Electric.

Figure 5: Average Asking Rates

Source: CBRE Research, CBRE Data Center Solutions, H2 2025.
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