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QTS New Albany III

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Under constructionNo reception on recordRecord updated July 25, 2026

QTS New Albany III is a data center under construction in New Albany, Ohio (Franklin County), operated by QTS Data Centers. The public record puts it at announced December 2023, 78 acres.

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Facility record

Under construction

Operator
QTS Data Centers
Facility type
Data center
Location
New Albany, Franklin County, OH
Coordinates
40.0697, -82.7716
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
78 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
December 2023
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
New Albany Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) property-tax agreement, City of New Albany / Franklin County, 2023
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

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.

  1. December 2023
    Under construction
    Announced Dec 2023 as part of QTS's New Albany expansion (III on Babbitt Rd + IV on Miller Rd) Source: New Albany Company

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of July 25, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS New Albany III in New Albany, Franklin 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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Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
New Albany Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) property-tax agreementNot establishedCity of New Albany / Franklin County2023

Notes on the record

Third QTS campus in the New Albany International Business Park, on Babbitt Rd (Franklin County), 3 buildings, ~1.1M sq ft on 78 acres, announced December 2023 alongside the Miller Rd (IV) site as part of QTS's ~$4.4B New Albany expansion (aggregate across III + IV; no reliable per-site investment split disclosed, so investmentUsd omitted). Franklin County auditor use-class is "data center" (an assessed data-center structure exists); construction status is not independently confirmed operational by press, so recorded conservatively as under_construction. Distinct from QTS New Albany I & II (Beech Rd SW). No site-specific IT-load MW disclosed. 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.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
  • Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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 III data center in New Albany?

Nothing on record as of July 25, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over QTS New Albany III in New Albany, Franklin 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 III data center?

No lawsuit over QTS New Albany III appears in the record we track as of July 25, 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 III use?

No water withdrawal figure for QTS New Albany III 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 III, and how big is it?

QTS Data Centers is the operator on record. We hold 36 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 78 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "QTS New Albany III," updated July 25, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/qts-new-albany-3-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-3-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.Franklin County parcel/GIS record (parcel 222-005361, QTS NEW ALBANY III LLC, use-class "data center", 78.01 ac) · Franklin County Auditor GIS / Assessor · retrieved July 18, 2026
  2. 2.QTS Invests $4.4 Billion in New Data Centers (Dec 2023) · New Albany Company · retrieved July 18, 2026
  3. 3.New data center megaproject planned for New Albany · Columbus/Central Ohio Building & Construction Trades Council · retrieved July 18, 2026

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