Data Center Campus

QTS: Atlanta 1 Campus

4 sites Atlanta

Operational

Fully operational facility

Atlanta

Metro
Georgia

State
Southeast US

Region
United States

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North America

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Americas

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Campus at a Glance

4 data centers on this campus

First built in 2007

Total building size: 2,615,000 SqFt

Coordinates: 33.7777, -84.42129

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With 970,000 sq. ft. of total space, the QTS Atlanta-Metro Data Center is one of the largest data centers in the world. This massive facility has its own on-site Georgia Power substation and direct fiber access to a wide variety of carrier alternatives. QTS recently completed and achieved the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification for Phase II of the facility.

Power:

Electric Utility Provider: Georgia Power
120MVA of utility power via two (2) feeds from separate substations that power three
(3) on-site 40MVA transformers
Forty (40) generators support nineteen (19) independent UPS systems

Certifications and Compliance:

Phase II achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification
24x7 on-site security

Buildings

Sites on this Campus

Site	Operator	Status	Operational	Building Size	Built
QTS: Atlanta-1 DC1	QTS Data Centers	Operational	░░░░ Request Dataset MW	970,000 SqFt	2007
QTS: Atlanta-1 DC2	QTS Data Centers	Operational	░░░░ Request Dataset MW	495,000 SqFt	2020
QTS: Atlanta-1 DC3	QTS Data Centers	Operational	░░░░ Request Dataset MW	400,000 SqFt	2025
QTS: Atlanta-1 DC4	QTS Data Centers	Operational	░░░░ Request Dataset MW	750,000 SqFt	2024

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QTS: Atlanta 1 Campus Power Growth Over Time

+65% since 2022

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Campus Photos

Entrance to the QTS Atlanta Metro Facility QTS: Atlanta-1 DC1

Cooling Tower on the Roof QTS: Atlanta-1 DC1

Large Colocation Room QTS: Atlanta-1 DC1

Gasketed Plate and Frame Heat Exchanger QTS: Atlanta-1 DC1

Operating Company

QTS Data Centers is a privately held data center company owned by funds managed by Blackstone, with corporate headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. It provides colocation, custom data center and managed services, along with carrier-neutral connectivity across its platform.

QTS operates sites in the United States and in the Netherlands. The company expanded its footprint with acquisitions in Chicago and Princeton in 2014, added government and managed hosting capabilities with the Carpathia acquisition in 2015, and entered the Netherlands market in 2019. QTS became a public company in 2013 and was taken private in 2021.

History:

On August 31, 2021 funds managed by Blackstone completed the acquisition of QTS Realty Trust.
April 30, 2019: Acquired two operating data centers in Groningen and Eemshaven, Netherlands, for approximately $44 million.
June 2015: QTS acquires Carpathis Hosting for $326 million. The transaction increases QTS's ability to serve IaaS and Government clients. Additionally the transaction provides a number of deployments within Equinix facilities.
July 8, 2014: Acquired the former Chicago Sun-Times printing plant for conversion to a data center.
June 30, 2014: Acquired the Princeton, New Jersey data center from McGraw Hill Financial.
2013: Went public (IPO) and started trading under the symbol QTS on the NYSE.
2010 Acquired their Richmond facility
2005 QTS acquired Atlanta Suwanee data center
2003: Company acquired its first data center in Overland Park, KS
2003: QTS was founded by Chad Williams with its first data center in Overland Park in Kansas

Facilities

News

QTS will expand Atlanta-Metro Campus

November 04, 2019 QTS: Atlanta-1 DC1

QTS is expanding its Atlanta-Metro data center campus. The expansion will include the development of a new data center totaling more than 250,000 square feet of leasable capacity and 72 critical megawatts of incremental power capacity, adjacent to QTS’ existing mega data center. The Company...