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QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus
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QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus is a data center under construction in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County), operated by QTS Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced February 2025, 1.1 GW planned, 612 acres, a reported $10 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- QTS Data Centers
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA
- Coordinates
- 41.9320, -91.7180
- Power capacity
- 1.1 GW planned
- Land
- 612 acres
- Investment
- $10 billion
- Announced
- February 2025
- Utility
- Alliant Energy
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- air
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 30 permanent
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- Supported
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- January 2025PermittedCedar Rapids City Council approved development agreement with QTS Cedar Rapids LLC on January 28, 2025 Source: City of Cedar Rapids
- 2025Under constructionGround broken on first building; April 2026 site tour attended by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright confirmed active construction Source: Data Center Dynamics
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of July 18, 2026. Mayor O'Donnell called it 'the largest economic development investment in the City's history'; $18M community betterment fund contribution planned over 20 years
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
Mayor O'Donnell called it 'the largest economic development investment in the City's history'; $18M community betterment fund contribution planned over 20 years
Power and water
Alliant Energy serves Big Cedar Industrial Center; QTS also secured permits for temporary modular generator units for early testing near Eastern Iowa Airport
Water-free cooling system; no water consumption for cooling
Notes on the record
Coordinates approximate for Big Cedar Industrial Center; parcel is adjacent to Google's campus in the same 1,391-acre industrial park. $10B investment is total planned across 7 phases over up to 25 years; minimum $250M per phase, each requiring a 300,000 sq ft building. 7 buildings planned at full build-out. Permanent jobs figure is minimum per phase. QTS Co-CEO Tag Greason stated the completed seven-building campus will ultimately draw about 1,050 MW of power from Alliant Energy (planned, full build-out). QTS Data Centers is owned by Blackstone (2021 take-private).
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
Which document closes each gap
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
- Google Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus · Cedar Rapids · Googleunder 1 mile · Under construction · Supported
- Oppidan Cedar Rapids Data Center · Cedar Rapids · Oppidan2 mi · Permitted · 10 MW · Mixed reception
- Google Palo Data Center Campus · Palo · Google10 mi · Proposed · Contested
Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus in Cedar Rapids?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of July 18, 2026. Mayor O'Donnell called it 'the largest economic development investment in the City's history'; $18M community betterment fund contribution planned over 20 years
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of July 18, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as air, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
QTS Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 36 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 1.1 GW. The site is recorded at 612 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus," updated July 18, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/qts-cedar-rapids-ia.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/qts-cedar-rapids-ia, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.City of Cedar Rapids, Alliant Energy, and QTS Collaborate on New Data Center Campus · City of Cedar Rapids · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.QTS breaks ground on data center campus in Iowa · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Cedar Rapids, Iowa Gets Approval for Two Major Data Center Investments by Google and QTS · Data Center Frontier · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 4.Data center project pitched as win for jobs, rates in Iowa (QTS Co-CEO: campus will ultimately use about 1,050 megawatts) · The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) · retrieved July 18, 2026
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