Data Center Campus
QTS: Richmond 5 Campus
Campus at a Glance
QTS has acquired a total of 620 acres of land in Sandston, Virginia, following two separate transactions:
December 2023: QTS purchases initial 220 acres in Sandston for $17.3 million.
May 2024: Henrico County Board of Supervisors approves rezoning of 622 acres of land in Sandston (located on both sides of East Williamsburg Road at Technology Boulevard) for data centers and manufacturing facilities development. At this time, Hourigan was the developer planning the project.
July 2024: Hourigan sells 400 acres (at 3250 and 3555 E. Williamsburg Road in Varina) to QTS Data Centers for $119 million.
The combined transactions confirm QTS as the customer behind Hourigan's project and give QTS control of all 620 acres: the original 220 acres purchased in December 2023, plus the additional 400 acres acquired from Hourigan in July 2024. The entire site is planned for data center and industrial development.
Buildings
Sites on this Campus
| Site | Operator | Status | Operational | Building Size | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTS: RIC5 DC1 | QTS Data Centers |
Planned
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— | — | 2028 |
| QTS: RIC5 DC2 | QTS Data Centers |
Planned
|
— | — | 2029 |
| QTS: RIC5 DC3 | QTS Data Centers |
Planned
|
— | — | 2029 |
| QTS: RIC5 DC4 | QTS Data Centers |
Planned
|
— | — | 2030 |
| QTS: RIC5 DC5 | QTS Data Centers |
Planned
|
— | — | 2031 |
| QTS: RIC5 DC6 | QTS Data Centers |
Planned
|
— | — | 2032 |
Map and Nearby Locations
QTS: Richmond 5 Campus Power Growth Over Time
Campus Photos
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