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QTS: East Windsor 1 DC2

Short Code: DC2
Year Planned: 2028

The proposed expansion in East Windsor involves a $600 million investment by QTS Data Centers to build a second, state-of-the-art facility on its existing Princeton-Hightstown Road campus.

Despite initial pushback from local residents worried about rising utility costs and noise pollution, the East Windsor Planning Board officially approved the application during a meeting in May 2026.

To secure approval, QTS agreed to strict environmental and financial conditions: the new facility will use a sustainable, water-saving closed-loop cooling system, and the company must pay for all associated infrastructure upgrades. Ultimately, the development is projected to bring massive benefits to the local community, creating roughly 400 construction jobs and contributing $2 million in annual tax revenue alongside $300,000 for the township’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

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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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