Tigard, OR Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)

Tigard treats a data center as a Basic Utility. Section 18.60.050 defines Basic Utility as an infrastructure service that must be located in or near where the service is provided, and its examples name water towers or reservoirs, data centers, energy production including solar production as a standalone use, and power substations. In the commercial zone table, Table 18.120.1, Basic Utility carries an R/C rating in each of the COM, MUC, MUE and MUR zones. The use restrictions in Section 18.120.030 turn that rating into two rules: the use is conditionally allowed, and data centers are conditionally allowed only on or above the second story of a mixed-use development. The COM, MUC, MUE and MUR zones each print that data center sentence in the same words.

The code defines a mixed-use development in Section 18.30.020 as a multi-story building with a residential use on the upper stories and civic, commercial, or industrial uses on at least the first story. A conditional use needs the approval of the Hearings Officer using discretionary criteria, and Section 18.120.030.A sends the approval process and criteria to Chapter 18.740, Conditional Uses.

Other districts carry a matching condition. The IND industrial zone, in Section 18.130.030.C, conditionally allows data centers only on or above the second story of a vertical mixed-use building. The Downtown plan district in Section 18.650.050 and the Washington Square Regional Center plan district in Section 18.670.050 also print an upper-story condition for data centers. These rules apply in the City of Tigard only. Beaverton, Tualatin, King City and unincorporated Washington County apply their own codes.