Aligned Data Centers has announced plans for a data center campus in Hillsboro, OR. The 27-acre campus is planned to be the home of a pair of data centers and offer a combined 108 MW to hyperscale and large enterprise customers.
The initial data center is expected to offer 72 MW of critical capacity. Aligned Data Centers says the second facility should provide 36 MW. The data center operator says such capacity will be ably supported through access to 120 MW of utility capacity at rates “a fraction of the cost per kWh of comparable West Coast data center markets.” The campus will leverage Aligned’s patented Delta³ cooling technology and a waterless heat rejection system to support corporate sustainability commitments. The company also predicts the region’s mild climate will also reduce power usage and data center cooling costs.
“The rapidly expanding Hillsboro data center market offers a host of advantages to hyperscale and large enterprise customers, especially as compared to other Western data center locations,” commented Andrew Schaap, CEO of Aligned. “Hillsboro offers a business-friendly environment; affordable power and renewable energy options; diverse metro and long-haul connectivity to major cities and tech hubs such as Los Angeles, Seattle, and Silicon Valley; as well as proximity to international subsea cable networks that reduce latency between the U.S. and high-growth markets in the Asia-Pacific region.”
The Hillsboro announcement comes after a busy 2022 for Aligned. The company launched new sites or expansions of existing facilities in Chicago, Dallas, Frederick County, MD, Northern Virginia, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City. It also announced plans to buy LATAM data center provider ODATA for an undisclosed sum. ODATA operates facilities in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Chile and has additional data centers under development across the region.
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