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QTS: Blakely, Georgia

Short Code: Project Blue Hole

QTS is exploring opportunities to establish new data center campuses in Blakely, Georgia.

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0.00 miles	QTS: Blakely	QTS’s proposed Project Blue Hole campus in Blakely, Georgia, is an early-stage hyperscale development off Martha Berry Highway that could reach 12 million sq ft across nine buildings with three substations, targeting full buildout by 2035

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

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Gigawatt-Scale Data Centre Campus Planned Near Atlanta, Georgia

July 27, 2026 Georgia

A gigawatt-scale data centre campus is planned near Atlanta, Georgia. Developer Stillwater Development has filed a Development of Regional Impact application for the Stillwater Technology Park in Lovejoy, around 25 miles (40km) south of downtown Atlanta. The proposed campus at 11760 Panhandle...

Plans Filed for 1.2GW Data Center Campus in Irwin County, Georgia

April 14, 2026 Georgia

A gigawatt-scale data center campus has been proposed in Georgia. A Development of Regional Impact (DRI) application has been filed with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for a project in Irwin County, in south-central Georgia. Premier Data Center Development, LLC plans to build a...

Developer Withdraws Fayetteville, Georgia Data Center Application

March 21, 2026 Georgia

Real estate firm Crow Holdings Development and CHI/Acquisitions have effectively withdrawn their application to build a data center in Fayetteville, Georgia. Although the project was rejected by the city’s planning and zoning commission in late January, Crow Holdings had planned to appeal the...

200-acre “Project Azalea” Data Center Approved Near Augusta, Georgia

March 18, 2026 Georgia

Local authorities have approved the 200-acre ‘Project Azalea’ data center in McDuffie County, Georgia. Commissioners backed the project in a 4–1 vote; officials estimate it will be worth $1 billion and generate about $25 million in annual local tax revenue. The project will include six data...

A $5 Billion Data Center Project is in Development near Columbus, Georgia

March 03, 2026 Georgia

A new data center campus may be on the way to Columbus, Georgia. Economic development organization Choose Columbus announced that the Development Authority of Columbus is in negotiations with Habitat Partners to secure a site for the proposed project.Project Ruby would be a $5 billion+ data...