QTS Wichita

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QTS Wichita

Year Built: 2005

Utility Provider: Evergy (formerly Westar Energy)

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Overview

Carrier-neutral colocation facility at 401 W 47th St S in south Wichita. Hardened concrete block and brick construction, 14,000 sq ft single-story building with 9,400 sq ft of data center footprint and 2,600 sq ft of raised floor.

Network and Services

Carrier-neutral connectivity, custom data center and colocation, full array of managed services. Heavy concentration of aerospace and technology customers in the local market.

Operator Note

Facility no longer appears on QTS's public US locations page as of 2026. Current operator should be verified.

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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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A 20MW data center project could be developed in Parsons, Kansas, after the city approved a purchase option agreement with HyperDataGrid. The company is seeking to acquire around 20 acres in Tolen Creek Industrial Park for the proposed facility. The agreement allows HyperDataGrid to complete due...

Gigawatt-Scale Data Center Campus Planned for Kansas

June 22, 2026 Kansas

A proposed gigawatt-scale data center campus in Kansas could cover up to 1,000 acres in Emporia’s Industrial Park IV. The Flint Hills Digital Campus plans to use a combination of dedicated grid infrastructure and on-site power generation, though further details have yet to be released. A proposed...

Developer Withdraws Plans for 316-acre Data Center in Spring Hill, Kansas

March 10, 2026 Kansas

The developer behind a proposed 316-acre data center project in Spring Hill, Kansas, has pulled its application ahead of a planning commission meeting scheduled for March 25. Data center consultancy Colossus Data Center Advisors had planned to develop a campus at the southeast corner of 191st...

115-acre Data Center May be Developed in Osawatomie, Kansas

February 21, 2026 Kansas

A 115-acre data center project could come to Osawatomie, Kansas, says the local government. “The city has entered into a predevelopment agreement with Alcove Development to explore the feasibility of a potential data center campus,” reads a post by the City of Osawatomie. Alcove’s proposed data...

QTS Drops Plan for Data Center near Madison, Wisconsin

January 30, 2026 QTS Data Centers

QTS has backed off plans to develop a data center near Madison, Wisconsin, after pushback from local officials. The company has dropped plans for a campus in the Village of DeForest after the village announced its intention to deny an annexation request related to the project.“After individual...