QTS Data Centers

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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QTS Data Centers Locations

QTS New Albany 2 is a two-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. New Albany 2 DC1 is located at 785 Beech Rd SW, Pataskala, OH.

QTS New Albany 1 is a two-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. The first building of the campus is located at 1225 Beech Rd SW, New Albany, OH.

QTS New Albany 1 is a two-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. The second building, New Albany 1 DC2, of the campus is located at 1275 Beech Rd SW, New Albany, OH.

QTS Hillsboro-3 is the third data center building of its Hillsboro campus. The site is located at 4425 NE Huffman St, Hillsboro, OR 97124

ATL2 East is a massive 2-million-square-foot expansion to the QTS Fayetteville campus, designed to meet the soaring demand for AI and hyperscale cloud infrastructure.

QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site. The company said that it planned to build up to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m) of additional capacity.

QTS is expanding its data center campus in Princeton, New Jersey. The first phase of the project was topped off in November, 2024.

QTS New Albany 2 is a two-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio. New Albany 2 DC2 is located at 675 Beech Rd SW, Etna, OH.

QTS is set to develop a new data center near Madison, Wisconsin, with plans for up to 15 buildings. The initial phase will include three to five buildings, each requiring an investment of $300-500 million.

QTS is building a huge data center campus in Fayetteville, Georgia. The site is located north of SR 54, east of Tyrone Road and Flat Creek Trail, and west of Veterans Parkway.

QTS is expanding its DFW2 data center campus through the construction of two additional buildings in Wilmer, Dallas County.

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) received two applications from QTS for data center developments in Wilmer, Dallas County.

QTS massive data center in Richmon sits on 110 acres with an additional 100 acres available for future development. There are 3 building on the campus with a total potential floor space of 550,000 square feet

The company has leased a substantial 756,000 square foot (70,234 sqm) facility, identified as Building B1, within the New Century Commerce Center (NCCC) in New Century, Kansas.

QTS is building a new data center campus outside Dallas, Texas. The company aims to develop a two-story, 413,725 sq ft (38,436 sqm) building in the Lancaster area of Dallas County.

QTS Data Centers has officially withdrawn its proposal for a massive expansion plan near Madison, Wisconsin, effectively canceling the development of a new data center campus in the Village of DeForest.

QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.

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

QTS’s Augusta campus near Fort Gordon is a planned six-building hyperscale development on 170+ acres, backed by around $2B in investment, with updated local approvals in place and first delivery targeted as early as 2027.

QTS is constructing a massive datacenter on a 88 acre campus in Hillsboro. At full build out the campus will have five mega data centers making up more than one million square feet of data center capacity and more than 250MW of power capacity.

The campus, also known as QTS Aurora, on 80 acres, will consist of four buildings and is projected to ramp up to capacity over 10 years.

QTS is building a huge data center campus in Fayetteville, Georgia. The site is located north of SR 54, east of Tyrone Road and Flat Creek Trail, and west of Veterans Parkway.

QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site. The company said that it planned to build up to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m) of additional capacity.

QTS Data Centers wants to build eight additional facilities spanning 3.2 million square feet on 240 acres on Babbitt and Miller roads. It will invest nearly $3 billion in those projects.

QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.

QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.

QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site.

QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.

QTS is developing 366,000 sq ft (34,000 sqm) of data center space across three stories, alongside 80,000 sq ft (7,432 sqm) of office and loading areas in its Chicago Campus.

In 2013 QTS acquired the former Maxim semiconductor plant. It was QTS's first data center in the Dallas market

QTS Hillsboro-2 is the second data center building of its Hillsboro campus. The site is located at 4755 NE Huffman St, Hillsboro, OR.

QTS Hillsboro-5 is the fifth data center building of its Hillsboro campus. The site is located at 4113 NE Huffman St, Hillsboro, OR.

PHX2 DC5 data center building is a part of QTS' Phoenix Campus. QTS broke ground on this data center in 2023.

US data center firm QTS has acquired 206 acres in the West Valley for $246.8 million in an all-cash deal in July, 2024 from TGV Investments LLC.

QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-sqft data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.

QTS plans to construct a total of five, two-story, 360,000-square-foot data centers, totaling 1.8 million square feet in Henrico County.

QTS Realty Trust is continuing its data center expansion at its Richmond Mega Data Center campus in Henrico after acquiring another 200 acres at the site.

QTS Data Centers wants to build eight additional facilities spanning 3.2 million square feet on 240 acres on Babbitt and Miller roads. It will invest nearly $3 billion in those projects.

QTS Data Centers is building a second data center adjacent to its first one near the Alliance Texas development. The two-story building is set to span 471,875 sq ft (43,840 sqm) and see $220 million invested in the project.

QTS bought the property consisting of 375 acres in July 2022 for $255 million. A development timeline has yet to be announced.

QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.

QTS Hillsboro-4 is the fourth data center building of its Hillsboro campus. The site is located at 4327 NE Huffman St, Hillsboro, OR.

Blackstone plans to invest €7.5 billion ($8.2 billion) in the project, tentatively named Project Rodes, situated on a 224-hectare site in Calatorao, a town in Zaragoza province.

QTS has expanded its Richmond I campus on Portugee Road with three two-story, 155,175-square-foot data center buildings, totaling 465,525 square feet of space, and this building is one of them.

QTS is building a 100+ acre campus in Manassas, Virginia. QTS bought the property, at 10680 University Blvd. adjacent to its existing data center, for $5 million in 2018.

The QTS Irving 1 DC3 facility will provide our customers with an on-site substation and diverse campus fiber entrances with a redundant campus conduit system.

The site was acquired from Dupont Fabros in June 2016 for $125 million. It was previously known as "DuPont Fabros NJ1" when owned by Dupont.

The QTS Miami data center rated to survive a category 5 hurricane, is above the 500-year flood level, and also has 3,000 sq. ft. of office space

Located less than 90 miles from San Francisco, this facility offers 46,000 sq. ft. of raised floor space and 9.0 megawatts (MW) of power capacity in seismically-neutral Sacramento.

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Under Construction at 22271 Broderick Drive in Ashburn
Source: QTS
Site Plan Diagram of QTS's Ashburn 1 Site
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Aerial View of QTS's Ashburn Data Center
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Aerial Rendering of QTS's Irving Data Center
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A Technician Rides a Bike Down a Data Center Aisle
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The semiconductor manufacturing facility 'bones' provides an excellent weight-bearing structure for the data center
Flooring Structure Exposed During Renovation
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The semiconductor manufacturing facility 'bones' provides an excellent weight-bearing structure for the data center

Front Door Entrance
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Pre-Construction Rendering of the Facility at 22271 Broderick Drive
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Aerial Rendering of QTS's Irving Data Center
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Entrance to the QTS Atlanta Metro Facility
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Cooling Tower on the Roof
Source: JE Dunn
Large Colocation Room
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In a gasketed plate and frame heat exchanger, the fluids run counter-currently through the heat exchanger. The hot liquid normally enters through one of the upper connections and leaves through the...
Gasketed Plate and Frame Heat Exchanger
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In a gasketed plate and frame heat exchanger, the fluids run counter-currently through the heat exchanger. The hot liquid normally enters through one of the upper connections and leaves through the connection underneath. The cold liquid enters through one of the lower connections and leaves through the connection above.

As the fluids pass through the heat exchanger, heat is transferred from the hot media to the cold media.

Front of Building and Parking Area
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Cooling Infrastructure
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Colocation Room at QTS Suwanee
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QTS's Site in Sandston (Richmond)
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QTS Sacramento at 1100 N Market Blvd
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Outside of "The Vault"
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Drone photo of the Ashburn-Moran facility
Source: QTS
QTS data center at 95 Christopher Columbus Drive
Source: Baxtel
Drone shot of the facility on 9340 Godwin Drive
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The Manassas facility as construction was completing in February 2019
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QTS at 11234 NW 20th Street
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Overland is also the QTS headquarters
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Rendering of QTS Phoenix
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Mechanical Room
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The QTS Princeton Solar Array is a 14.1 Megawatt Photovoltaic System, one of the largest, privately owned, net metered photovoltaic systems in the Western Hemisphere. The Solar Array occupies appro...
QTS Princeton Solar Array is a 14.1 Megawatt Photovoltaic System
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The QTS Princeton Solar Array is a 14.1 Megawatt Photovoltaic System, one of the largest, privately owned, net metered photovoltaic systems in the Western Hemisphere. The Solar Array occupies approximately 50 acres of a 194 acre campus. The PV system contains over 57,000 solar modules, 24 power inverters and was constructed on a portion of the campus that was previously used for an agricultural purpose. The project site is surrounded on two sides by existing residential neighborhoods which resulted in the need to address both the visual and the physical impact of the extensive renewable energy facility on the adjacent community.

Front of the unassuming building
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QTS at 2805/2807 Mission College Blvd
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Conference Room
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Mechanicals
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Exterior of the Eemshaven facility
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QTS at Zernikelaan 16, north of Groningen
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Former Dupont Fabros Facility has Solar Array on the roof
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QTS expansion land called "Project Isaac" sits just South of QTS and West of the Facebook campus
Source: Baxtel
Rendering of QTS Hillsboro
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Rendering of the 5 building campus
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Piscataway Facility
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View of the almost completed facility in 2020
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Rendering of facility
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Campus plan as of 2023
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QTS Prince William Digital Gateway Campus context map
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The site of Hourigan's proposed campus at Richmond, Virginia
Source: Google Map
QTS acquired the planned Hermosa Ranch Tech Campus in Phoenix
Source: City of Avondale
QTS' Project Wind in Northumberland
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QTS' planned site at Mason Road in Dallas, Texas
Source: Google Maps
Proposed site for SNA LLC's Cedar Rapids Campus
Source: SNA LLC via Cedar Rapids City Council
QTS leased building B1 at New Century Commerce Center
Source: Van Trust Real Estate
Source: Baxtel
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