County · Oregon
Multnomah County
Population 795,391 · Census Bureau Vintage-2025 estimate
Last scored Oct 28, 2026 · Data may be stale
Composite · JPAS tier readings
Power
Power reads 71 of 100, sourced evidence. Power measures grid capacity, interconnection-queue depth, generation mix, retail price and substation density. Interconnection-queue depth is an estimated roll-up (EST); queue vintage PJM 2026-04-28, CAISO 2025-02-12.
Politics
Regulatory reads 73 of 100, sourced evidence. Regulatory measures air-quality designation under the Clean Air Act and commercial permitting activity. Regulatory is evidenced by air-quality designation and permitting activity; a county absent from EPA's nonattainment list reads as attainment.
Community reads 77 of 100, sourced evidence. Community measures enacted moratoria, pending legislation and farmland share as signals of local consent.
Incentives reads 68 of 100, sourced evidence. Incentives measures state program baselines and disclosed awards for data-center and industrial projects.
Resources
Water reads 94 of 100, sourced evidence. Water measures drinking-water system health, basin stress, streamflow and groundwater conditions.
Real estate / site reads 41 of 100, sourced evidence. Real estate / site measures developable land share, convertible sites, substation hosting and permit velocity.
Environmental reads 27 of 100, sourced evidence. Environmental measures FEMA hazard risk across riverine, coastal, wind, wildfire and related perils.
Labor reads 66 of 100, sourced evidence. Labor measures electrician depth, wages, unemployment and prevailing-wage floors in the county labor market.
Connectivity
Connectivity is not yet activated as a brief section; the Network tier reading is shown.
Network reads 85 of 100, sourced evidence. Network measures broadband availability, fiber and middle-mile programs, and exchange-point proximity.
Density · JDS
Density · Emerging · 42 of 100
Data-center density is emerging in this county (JDS Emerging, 42 of 100). County grain: computed from facilities, construction and permitted projects resolved to this county.
Trajectory · JTS
- ModeledJTS-01 Trajectory rate of change — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-02 Inflection points — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- ModeledJTS-03 Trajectory volatility — falling — Modeled — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-04 Momentum — rising — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- SpeculativeJTS-05 Forecast confidence decay — falling — Speculative — covers 2026 Posture-series attributes were computed over an eight-week window that spans Faraday methodology changes; they partly measure recompute churn, not jurisdiction behaviour.
- ModeledJTS-07 Utility capital investment trend — rising — Modeled — covers 2020–2025
Windows held: 2026 · 2020–2025. Direction and evidence label only; horizons extend only as data lands.
Commercial Permit Activity
4 permits in this jurisdiction · 0 over 10,000 sq ft
Commercial · electrical · new-construction permits filed 2024+ (Shovels.ai)
Water & Cooling Readiness
Gauge data courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey
JPS Score Breakdown · Jurisdiction Posture Score
Infrastructure Map
Faraday's Read
Multnomah County currently sits in the Restricted tier with a posture score of 10, a classification reinforced by a July 2026 scale migration rather than any new development on the ground. The jurisdiction shows no recorded data center facilities and zero operational megawatts, and development density itself is unscored, leaving that dimension effectively blank. The attribute evidence base, however, is comparatively robust: sourced data (0.85 confidence) spans environmental, incentive, labor, network, power, regulatory, and water categories, yielding a "Good" quality rating of 76 and "Medium" completeness of 71, so the underlying picture of local conditions is reasonably well documented even though it has not translated into a favorable posture tier. The forecast direction is listed as stable, though this signal carries no confidence score and should be read as unscored rather than a firm outlook. Overall, the data suggests a jurisdiction with decent evidentiary coverage on core siting factors but a restrictive posture classification and no facility track record to date.
Gilbert Faraday · Jul 17, 2026
Recent Signals
No signal events in the past 30 days for this jurisdiction.