Data Center Campus
QTS: Suwanee 1 Campus
QTS Suwanee 1 is a two-building data center campus on Satellite Boulevard NW in Suwanee, north of Atlanta. First built in 2000, with fit-out of the second building planned through 2027.
Campus at a Glance
QTS Suwanee 1 is a two-building data center campus on Satellite Boulevard NW in Suwanee, Gwinnett County, Georgia, in the north suburbs of Atlanta. QTS describes it as a 53-acre campus; the two building parcels total about 60 acres (40 at DC1, 20 at DC2).
- DC1 at 300 Satellite Blvd NW is a 385,000 sq ft data center and office building. QTS bought it from ITC^DeltaCom in 2005, and it houses the QTS Operations Support Center.
- DC2 at 120 Satellite Blvd NW is a 376,900 sq ft former Hewlett-Packard consolidation data center that QTS bought from DXC Technology in November 2022. QTS refreshed it to its Freedom design standard: front-of-house renovations, facade improvements, building-system upgrades, and shell build-out for three additional data halls.
The buildings share a redundant campus fiber conduit system with four diverse fiber entrances, on-site EV charging, and 24-hour security. QTS lists the location as "Suwanee 1" on its website. QTS has not filed plans for a third building; future campus capacity is tracked on QTS: Suwanee 1 Expansion.
Buildings
Sites on this Campus
| Site | Operator | Status | Operational | Building Size | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTS: Suwanee 1 DC1 | QTS Data Centers |
Operational
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░░░░ Request Dataset MW | ░░░░░░░ Request Dataset SqFt | 2000 |
| QTS: Suwanee 1 DC2 | QTS Data Centers |
OperationalPlanned
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░░░░ Request Dataset MW | ░░░░░░░ Request Dataset SqFt | 2023 |
| QTS: Suwanee 1 Expansion | QTS Data Centers |
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Map and Nearby Locations
QTS: Suwanee 1 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
