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QTS Big Cedar Industrial Center

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United StatesPreconstruction
Evidence
Planned / design
616 MW
Updated
Oct 28, 2026

QTS is building a seven-building data center campus on 612 acres in Cedar Rapids’ Big Cedar Industrial Center. QTS describes a planned $10 billion investment and more than 2,000 construction and permanent jobs; the earlier 616 MW figure remains a tracked utility boundary rather than published IT load.

Capacity

Reported capacity

Planned / design or future potential

616 MW

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

ConstructionUnder construction

7 buildings

QTS is building a seven-building data center campus on 612 acres in Cedar Rapids’ Big Cedar Industrial Center. QTS describes a planned $10 billion investment and more than 2,000 construction and permanent jobs; the earlier 616 MW figure remains a tracked utility boundary rather than published IT load.

Milestones (2)
City recommended approval of development agreement

Jan 28, 2025 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Permit approved

Source not linked
QTS publicly announced Cedar Rapids campus

Apr 2026 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked

Participants

QTS Data Centers

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims

Reported investment

Reported rounded

$10,000,000,000

Source

Site & development

Location context

Actual

QTS Big Cedar Industrial Center | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | US

Source

Site area

Actual

612 acres

Source

Building count

Actual

7 buildings

Source

Additional project facts

Lifecycle status

Actual

Preconstruction

Source

Capacity basis

Actual

616 MW future full build site capacity; not measured operating IT load.

Source

Jobs supported

Reported rounded

2,000 jobs

Source

Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (1)
Electric grid

Under construction

616 MW

Tracked utility boundary; QTS does not label this as operating IT load.

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.

Related projects (1)
Cedar Rapids Data Center

Preconstruction · Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States

Same locality: Cedar Rapids

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