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QTS Big Cedar Industrial Center

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United StatesPreconstruction
Capacity
616 MW
Planned / design
Lead participant
QTS Data Centers
Developer
Last updated
Aug 28, 2026
Most recent public record update

About QTS Big Cedar Industrial Center

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.

Related projects

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Capacity

Planned / design
Operating capacity—An operating IT-capacity figure has not been publicly disclosed.
Future Potential616 MWDesign · QTS Big Cedar Industrial Center

Development

1 phases · 2 milestones
ConstructionUnder Construction

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.

7 buildings

Jan 28, 2025
City recommended approval of development agreement
Completed
Apr 1, 2026
QTS publicly announced Cedar Rapids campus
Completed

Infrastructure

Electric GridUnder Construction

616 MW

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

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Power & interconnection: 1

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Location Context
QTS Big Cedar Industrial Center | Cedar Rapids | Iowa | US
Actual
US Data Center MapQTS Big Cedar Industrial Center public-record research record
Lifecycle Status
Preconstruction
Actual
US Data Center MapQTS Big Cedar Industrial Center public-record research record
Reported Capacity
616 MW
Design
US Data Center MapQTS Big Cedar Industrial Center public-record research record
Capacity Basis
616 MW future full build site capacity; not measured operating IT load.
Actual
US Data Center MapQTS Big Cedar Industrial Center public-record research record
Site Area
612 acres
Actual
QTS Data CentersQTS Cedar Rapids campus
Building Count
7
Actual
QTS Data CentersQTS Cedar Rapids campus
Reported Investment
$10,000,000,000
Reported Rounded
QTS Data CentersQTS Cedar Rapids campus
Jobs Supported
2,000 jobs
Reported Rounded
QTS Data CentersQTS Cedar Rapids campus