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QTS New Albany 1

New Albany, Licking County, Ohio · All 36 QTS Data Centers sites · Every QTS and Compass Datacenters case on our tracker

Under constructionNo reception on recordRecord updated July 18, 2026

QTS New Albany 1 is a data center under construction in New Albany, Ohio (Licking County), operated by QTS Data Centers. The public record puts it at 144 MW planned, 56 acres.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
QTS Data Centers
Facility type
Data center
Location
New Albany, Licking County, OH
Coordinates
40.0638, -82.7579
Power capacity
144 MW planned
Land
56 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
Not established from a public source
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of July 18, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS New Albany 1 in New Albany, Licking County, Ohio appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

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Notes on the record

1225-1235 Beech Road SW, New Albany, in the Licking County section of the New Albany Business Park, the same submarket as CyrusOne's and Vantage's Licking County sites nearby. First of two adjacent QTS buildings (see also QTS New Albany 2); 885,600 sq ft. Combined QTS New Albany 1+2 investment ~$1.5B, enabled by a New Albany City Council Community Reinvestment Area tax agreement. 144MW is planned capacity; no operational MW disclosed. No AI/HPC-specific marketing found, QTS materials describe generic hyperscale/enterprise colo ("QTS Freedom Design"). 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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
Which utility serves it
The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.

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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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the QTS New Albany 1 data center in New Albany?

Nothing on record as of July 18, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS New Albany 1 in New Albany, Licking County, Ohio appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the QTS New Albany 1 data center?

No lawsuit over QTS New Albany 1 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 New Albany 1 use?

No water withdrawal figure for QTS New Albany 1 is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates QTS New Albany 1, 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 144 MW. The site is recorded at 56 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "QTS New Albany 1," updated July 18, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/qts-new-albany-1-franklin-county-oh.

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-new-albany-1-franklin-county-oh, 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. 1.QTS plans four-building data center campus in New Albany, Ohio · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 10, 2026
  2. 2.Data center company QTS to invest $1.5 billion in New Albany · NBC4 (WCMH) · retrieved July 10, 2026
  3. 3.QTS New Albany 1 · QTS Data Centers · retrieved July 10, 2026
  4. 4.Licking County parcel/GIS record (parcel 094-106404-00.011, 1235 Beech Rd SW, QTS NEW ALBANY I DC1 LLC; lead parcel of the QTS New Albany I campus: 094-106404-00.009/010/011/012 ≈ 56.7 ac). Corrects the record's prior Franklin County tag to Licking. · Licking County Auditor GIS / Assessor · retrieved July 18, 2026

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