QTS Witchita News

The Prince William County staff have again recommended the denial of all three rezoning requests associated with the PW Digital Gateway data center project. This comes after two rejections of the rezoning requests by QTS and Compass in recent months.  County staff said in a report, “At this po...

US data center firm QTS recently purchased Dutch data center management and operations company Zentrys. QTS intends to bring Zentrys employees on board over the next year and integrate the newly purchased company with its technology and processes.  Chad Williams, CEO of QTS, said, "We welcome ...

QTS has revealed plans to expand into New Albany, Ohio by developing new data center campuses covering over a million square feet and 200MW. These new campuses will be on Beech Road; two on one site, a 57-acre piece of property, and another two on a nearby 37-acre site and construction should ...

The South Carolina Office of the Governor confirmed that DC firm QTS will establish operations in York Country, marking the company’s entry into the state. This comes after news of a major data center project in York County dubbed ‘Project Cobra’ surfaced in June 2023.Gov. Henry McMaster celeb...

IP Pathways bought Netsolus, a Missouri-based MSP. This week, IP Pathways of Des Moines, Iowa, announced that it will merge with Netsolus of Kansas City, broadening its footprint and services in the Kansas City region. The deal's terms were not disclosed.IP Pathways was founded in 2007 and pro...

There is a data center building available for purchase in Topeka, Kansas. Topeka's 400 SE Jefferson Street is up for sale through Colliers for a price that has not been disclosed. The 16,350-square-foot building in Shawnee County contains a 10,500-square-foot data center and a 5,850-square-foo...

The premier property fund of Blackstone, valued at $68 billion, is selling assets and preparing to invest billions in data centers. According to the Financial Times, Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, or Breit, intends to invest $8 billion in the construction of new data centers through its ...

A new campus for its data centers is being built by QTS on 400 acres of land in York County, South Carolina. Citing York County real estate documents, BizJournal reports that two entities linked with QTS Realty Trust LLC have acquired nearly 400 acres off S.C. Highway 274 for more than $11.2 m...

A data center is being built by Edged Energy in Kansas City, Missouri. According to BizJournal, the Northland of Kansas City will soon see the start of construction on a data center by engineering and construction company Burns & McDonnell. The company is constructing an 18MW waterless-coo...

QTS Realty, owned by Blackstone, has refinanced four data center properties. Citigroup leads a consortium of four institutions that provided the loan. It will be used to refinance QTS' existing $667 million debt and provide the funds necessary to finance tenant build-outs.The refinancing is gi...

QTS has begun construction work on its Phoenix, Arizona data center PHX2 DC5. The company reportedly broke ground on the facility in March; it is set to span 337,330 sq ft (31,339 sqm) on 85 acres, offering 42 MW of capacity. The company shared that on March 21, it hosted a groundbreaking eve...

Last week, QTS submitted the third draft of its plans for the controversial and hotly debated Prince William Digital Gateway to the Prince William County government. The updated plan shows the company's intention to increase the size of its proposed buildings. QTS has also requested a waiver t...

QTS Data Centers has refrained from requesting $45 million in tax incentives for its massive data center project near the Westside Trail of the Atlanta BeltLine. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, QTS halted its request for incentives for a $1.3 billion proposal involving two data ce...

In McLouth, Kansas, residents recently raised their concerns about a proposed data center off of K-92 at a natural gas site. The proposal for this commercial data center went before the Jefferson County Regional Planning Commission last week, and was put forward by Crypto Colo Center Corp. (CC...

Following speculation that QTS Realty Trust Inc. was the company seeking new development within Rocky Branch Creek Technology Park, and later confirmation, it looks like the company's Northland data center plans have now fallen through.The company was reportedly set to acquire the property nor...

QTS may use a Diode Ventures data center in Kansas City, Missouri. In October, Diode signed two non-exclusive fiber easement with QTS Realty Trust Inc. to develop and maintain data transmission infrastructure at the site northeast of I-435 and Highway 169, according to BizJournal. Last year...

QTS has announced that it has connected its Groningen data center to the Dutch city's new district heating project. The heating project has been built by local utility WarmteStad, which is projected to produce heat for more than 10,000 households, buildings, and knowledge institutions by 2026...

QTS is looking to expand its data center footprint in Prince William County, Northern Virginia. The company previously acquired a property at 10680 University Boulevard in 2018 for $5 million. The property is adjacent to its existing data center in Prince William County. The property was zoned...

QTS is expanding in Texas, with the addition of a new building to its Irving data center campus. The facility, namely DC5, is located at 6300 Longhorn Drive, and will see an investment of $180 million.According to the company, the facility, which will span 337,190 sq ft, is projected to be co...

QTS recently published its annual ESG report, in which it highlighted its sustainability achievements and the different projects and initiatives it's pursuing in order to expand its commitment to social and environmental responsibility. This follows the company being named as one of America's ...