QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus
QTS is building a 1050 MW data center in Linn County, Iowa (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 1050 MW
- Investment
- $10B
- Building area
- 3 sq ft
- Site
- 612 acres
- Expected completion
- 2028
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other QTS builds
Operator
QTS
Utility
Alliant Energy
Schedule
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- in 2 yr
Expected completionPlanned
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 13 mo ago
Construction start
- ~2 yr ago
Announced
- ~2 yr ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2028.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2025-08.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, figures differ
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasSC Server CountryKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- QTS
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 1050 MW
- Capacity as the sources range
- 420 to 1050 MW
- Reported investment
- $10B
- Reported building area
- 3 sq ft
- Site area
- 612 acres
- Reported jobs
- 30
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025-02-12Reported date — see the source for the event evidenced.
- Construction start reported
- 2025-08
- Expected completion
- 2028
Site
- City
- Cedar Rapids
- County
- Linn
- State
- Iowa
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Alliant Energy
- Power source
- Grid power
- Cooling
- Air cooled
- AI workload
- Likely AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Tif; Other; $1,018,000,000
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus | Under construction | 1050 MW |
| Server Country | QTS - Cedar Rapids Campus | Under construction | 420 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 16, 2026 · Record: qts-cedar-rapids-ia
- CACity of Cedar Rapids (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAData Center Frontier (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAThe Gazette (Cedar Rapids) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 18, 2026
- CABusiness Record (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 16, 2026
- SCServer Country project record (CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 24, 2026 · Record: 0184
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 33623513151931
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/qts-cedar-rapids-data-center-campus-ia-dc_1e94958eb9bb, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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