Data center profile · Big Cedar Industrial Center, 6200 76th Ave. SW, Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa

QTS Cedar Rapids

QTS's seven-building campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with 300 MW of grid power expected to switch on in late 2026 and a $10B company plan against a $750M city floor

Under construction. Three initial buildings are under construction, and the first topped out in Oct. 2025. The utility says the first 300 MW should be energized later in 2026, but the public record shows temporary generator permits still in progress and no tenant named.
300 MW
first energization, anticipated later in 2026
Alliant Energy (utility) said on its July 2026 call; no IT-load figure is public
7 buildings
planned on 612 acres
400,000 to 1.2M sq ft each; the city agreement now authorizes seven phases
$10B
investment QTS has announced for the campus
city estimate $4.5B; press says $1.75B anticipated; only $750M is the contractual minimum
Up to $1B
cap on city grants to QTS
70% of the added property tax for 20 years per phase
OperatorQTS Data Centers (Blackstone portfolio company)
CustomerNo tenant named; QTS builds and operates the campus
Planned IT capacity1.1 GW at full build-out (our estimate)
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2027 (range 2026 to 2027); company says 2026.
Next deadline2026: First 300 MW energized, per the utility (company target had been end of 2026)
Power

Power and the grid

300 MW contracted

Alliant Energy (Interstate Power and Light) gridAgreement signed
300 MW
initial energization anticipated in 2026, per the utility; electric service agreement signed; rates confidential Company · July 2026
Contracted

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. Feb. 12, 2025
    City, utility and QTS announce the project
    Alliant Energy joins the announcement; Alliant's subsidiary had sold QTS the land. Local government · Feb. 2025
  2. May 29, 2026
    Temporary generation installed for testing
    QTS says modular generators sit on its parcel while city and FAA permits are finished. see Permits
  3. July 30, 2026
    Utility confirms executed service agreement
    Alliant says its contracts for large loads under construction have commission-approved terms. see Permits
  4. 2026
    First 300 MW expected
    Alliant anticipates initial energization later in 2026. Company · July 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 7 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$10B
planned investment (company)
QTS release, Aug. 8, 2025 Company · Aug. 2025
$4.5B
estimated total investment (city)
city page; minimum is $750M Local government · Oct. 2026
$1.75B
anticipated investment (press)
reported Dec. 2025 with the seven-phase amendment News report · Dec. 2025
$1B
cap on grants to QTS
70% of added tax for 20 years per phase, plus 75% of electric franchise fees Local government · Jan. 2025
$18M
cap on community fund payments by QTS
up to $300,000 a year per phase Local government · Jan. 2025
$25.6M
land purchase price
Iowa Land and Building Company to QTS Cedar Rapids I LLC, recorded Oct. 2024 (county deed records) County deed records · Oct. 2024
Land assembly

2 recorded land documents for the campus company in county records (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025); 2 list a price. 12 related-party transfers are shown greyed. Parcel counts come from the deed; acreage is not recorded.

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Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Oct. 21, 2024
    Site QTS Cedar Rapids I LLC buys the site from Iowa Land and Building Company for $25.6M, recorded Oct. 21, 2024 (county deed records) County deed records · Oct. 2024
  2. Nov. 19, 2024
    Permits City council approves the urban renewal plans for the site Local government · Jan. 2025
  3. Jan. 28, 2025
    Permits Council approves the development agreement with QTS Local government · Jan. 2025
  4. Feb. 12, 2025
    Site City, Alliant and QTS announce the campus Local government · Feb. 2025
  5. Aug. 8, 2025
    Money QTS announces a $10B plan; the groundbreaking ceremony was canceled News report · Aug. 2025
  6. Oct. 21, 2025
    Construction First of three buildings topped out Company · Oct. 2025
  7. Dec. 2, 2025
    Permits Amended agreement authorizes seven phases News report · Dec. 2025
  8. 2026
    Power First 300 MW expected to be energized (utility) Company · July 2026
  9. May 29, 2026
    Power Temporary generators installed for testing; city and FAA permits in progress News report · Oct. 2026
  10. July 30, 2026
    Power Alliant says initial 300 MW is expected later this year Company · July 2026
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Oct. 2024: 3 building permits (3 issued or finished); the largest lists a $27.8M job value; 81 FAA filings (Oct. 2024 to July 2026): tallest permanent building 108 ft (filed Oct. 2024) and tallest crane 300 ft (April 2025). Job values are not added up: trade permits often repeat the whole project's value.

Building permits
FAA filings
’25
’26
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 56. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

612 acres
full campus; the first city agreement covered 331 acres
Local government · Jan. 2025
At least 300,000 sq ft
per data center building; $250M minimum per phase
Local government · Jan. 2025
15 jobs per phase
minimum full-time staff required to keep grants
Local government · Jan. 2025
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • QTS Data Centers (Quality Technology Services, LLC): developer and operator
  • Blackstone: owns QTS
  • QTS Cedar Rapids I, LLC and seven phase-owner companies: hold the land
Decision-makers
  • Cedar Rapids City Council: agreements and tax-increment plans
  • Iowa Utilities Commission: electric rate review
  • Linn County Board of Supervisors: road use deal
Power partners
  • Alliant Energy and Interstate Power and Light: utility and former landowner
Builders
  • The Weitz Company and Layton Construction
Builders on site
  • Layton Construction; the Weitz Company: general contractors (first three buildings)
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

264 records from 23 documents

Drawn from news reports, state agency records, company statements, public and commercial datasets and local government records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 9State agency 4Company 4Dataset 4Local government 3
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (18)
  • Nearest gas pipeline: 12.956 km
    Measured on OpenStreetMap map data.
    OpenStreetMap · Oct. 2026
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “each Phase to include one or more Data Center, each at least 300,000 square feet in size, and each Phase requiring a Minimum Investment of at least $250,000,000”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: not stated
    “Minimum capital investment: $750 million - Estimated total investment: $4.5 billion - Project type: Data center campus”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service agreement signed: yes
    “five executed electric service agreements with large load customers. Three of these large loads are already under active construction with commission-approved contracts.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: 300 MW
    “Also in Cedar Rapids, QTS continues to make substantial progress on construction of its seven-building data center campus, with initial energization of 300 megawatts anticipated later this year.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Alliant reports five executed data center electric service agreements driving an expected 60% demand increase by 2031 (portfolio figure across territories - NOT this campus's MW)
    “an expectation of driving a 60% increase in our demand by 2031 through five executed electric service agreements with large load customers”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Alliant's April 2026 370 MW Iowa electric service agreement is with an unnamed hyperscale customer (full ramp by end of 2030) - NOT QTS Cedar Rapids
    “Our recently signed 370-megawatt data center agreement in Iowa, announced on our Q1 call”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • QTS's second Iowa project (Clinton, 900 MW) is a separate campus
    “QTS remains active in development of its second Iowa project in Clinton. We plan to file the ICR for this 900-megawatt project later this year.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Interstate Power and Light Company (Alliant Energy)
    “On February 12, 2025, the City, Alliant Energy, and QTS announced the project and identified QTS as the company developing the campus.”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Power plan: grid
    “They are removed once permanent utility power is available and are not part of long-term operations.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “At our Cedar Rapids site, temporary generation equipment has been installed on the QTS-owned parcel, and we are working through final permitting details with the city and the FAA”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Construction stage: fit-out
    “At our Cedar Rapids site, temporary generation equipment has been installed on the QTS-owned parcel, and we are working through final permitting details with the city and the FAA”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • QTS installing temporary modular generation for commissioning/testing; city and FAA permits in progress; airport zoning review triggered
    “At our Cedar Rapids site, temporary generation equipment has been installed on the QTS-owned parcel, and we are working through final permitting details with the city and the FAA”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Rate class: Rider ICR - Individual Customer Rate
    “Alliant has filings with IUC for individual customer rates with QTS for its Cedar Rapids data center.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Opposition: Clean-energy advocates challenging confidential ICR rates and Alliant peaker-plant buildout (Sep 2026); Eastern Iowa Airport review of temporary generation siting (2026)
    “Alliant has filings with IUC for individual customer rates with QTS for its Cedar Rapids data center.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Temporary generation: temporary commissioning generation installed on the QTS parcel
    “At our Cedar Rapids site, temporary generation equipment has been installed on the QTS-owned parcel, and we are working through final permitting details with the city and the FAA”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Temporary generation: temporary commissioning power plant installed on the QTS parcel; city of Cedar Rapids and FAA permitting being finalized (May 2026)
    “At our Cedar Rapids site, temporary generation equipment has been installed on the QTS-owned parcel, and we are working through final permitting details with the city and the FAA”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Iuc certificate status: no IUC certificate proceeding located
    “The company would only be required to seek a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity from the IUC if the electric generating facility would be capable of operating at or above 25 MW”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (67)
  • Phases: 7 phases
    “to (a) incorporate the Property Owners as Parties to the Agreement; (b) authorize five additional Project Phases, (c) provide for Economic Development Grants for each of such additional Project Phases”
    Local government · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • amended and restated agreement: scope amendment Amended and Restated Development Agreement executed November 25, 2025, term commencing December 2, 2025: incorporates the Property Owners as parties, authorizes five additi
    “to (a) incorporate the Property Owners as Parties to the Agreement; (b) authorize five additional Project Phases, (c) provide for Economic Development Grants for each of such additional Project Phases”
    Local government · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • assignment and assumption: assignment Assignment and Assumption of Obligations under Development Agreement: the Developer assigned, and each Property Owner assumed, the Developer's obligations for its portion of the Deve
    “the Developer and the other Property Owners entered into that certain Assignment and Assumption of Obligations under Development Agreement, effective as of July 16, 2025”
    Local government · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Name: QTS Cedar Rapids
    “THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT is made effective as of the 28th day of January 2025 by and between the CITY OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA and QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I, LLC a Delaware limited liability company”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Stated capital cost: 750000000 USD
    “The Developer reasonably expects that the construction of the Project will result in the total capital investment of not less than Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000).”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Incentives: 20 annual Economic Development Grants per phase equal to 70% of tax increment (aggregate cap $1,000,000,000), plus Economic Development Rebates of 75% of electric franchise fees for 20 years per Data Center
    “Each annual West Initial Project Economic Development Grant shall be equal in amount to 70% of the West Initial Project Tax Increments that may be collected by the City with respect to the West Initial Project Phase”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: scope Two to nine phases; each Phase one or more Data Centers, each at least 300,000 sq ft, each Phase requiring a Minimum Investment of at least $250,000,000
    “Construction of a new data center campus over two to nine phases with each Phase to include one or more Data Center, each at least 300,000 square feet, and each Phase requiring a Minimum Investment of at least $250,000,000.”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: minimum investment 250000000 USD per Project Phase
    “Minimum Investment means investment of no less than Two Hundred and Fifty Million U.S. Dollars ($250,000,000) in a Project Phase”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: minimum investment total 750000000 USD
    “The Developer reasonably expects that the construction of the Project will result in the total capital investment of not less than Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000).”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: construction deadline West Initial Project Phase: commence no later than 3 years from the Effective Date; complete no later than 6 years from commencement
    “the Company shall cause construction of the West Initial Project Phase to commence no later than three years from the Effective Date of this Agreement and be completed no later than six (6) years from the commencement of construction”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: construction deadline East Initial Project Phase: commence within 3 years of completion of the West Initial Project Phase; complete no later than 6 years from commencement
    “the Company shall cause construction of the East Initial Project Phase to commence within three (3) years of completion of the West Initial Project Phase and be completed no later than six (6) years from the commencement of construction”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: construction deadline Additional Project Phases (up to seven): complete by the earlier of 25 years after the Effective Date or 6 years from commencement
    “Complete construction of the additional Project Phase by the earlier of twenty-five (25) years after the Effective Date or six (6) years from the commencement of construction of the additional Project Phase”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: delay carveout Additional-phase deadlines are not extended for any reason, including Unavoidable Delays, except delays caused by an electrical service provider failing to deliver service under a de
    “these deadlines shall not be extended for any reason, including Unavoidable Delays (other than delays caused by a failure of an electrical service provider to provide electrical service in accordance with a definitive electrical service agreement(s))”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: employment At least 15 Full Time Employees at each completed Project Phase, at or above the IEDA qualifying wage threshold 15 FTE per phase
    “the Company and their respective contractors, tenants, and Affiliates, shall employ no less than 15 Full Time Employees at the completed Project Phase (Employment Threshold)”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: reporting Annual Certification of average monthly Full Time Employees and wage rates at each completed Project Phase
    “a duly authorized officer of the Company shall annually certify to the City the average monthly number of Full Time Employees and their respective wage rates at each completed Project Phase”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: incentive Economic Development Grants: up to 20 consecutive annual grants per phase, each equal to 70% of that phase's tax increments 70% of tax increment
    “Each annual West Initial Project Economic Development Grant shall be equal in amount to 70% of the West Initial Project Tax Increments that may be collected by the City with respect to the West Initial Project Phase”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: incentive cap 1000000000 USD aggregate, all phases
    “The maximum amount of the Economic Development Grants that may be paid to the Developer on an aggregate basis for all phases under this Agreement shall not exceed $1,000,000,000.00 (Cumulative Maximum Amount of Grants)”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: conditions precedent Grants conditioned on timely phase completion, continued compliance, timely Annual Certifications, and Community Betterment Fund payments being made
    “Timely completion of the respective Project Phase; the respective Property Owners' continued compliance with the terms of this Agreement; the Company's timely filing of the Annual Certifications”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: clawback If fewer than 15 FTE are maintained at a Project Phase, the City has no obligation to make the next Economic Development Grant for that phase; employment noncompliance likewise suspends Ec
    “fewer than 15 Full Time Employees are maintained at a Project Phase, as evidenced by the applicable Annual Certification or otherwise, the City shall have no obligation to make the next Economic Development Grant for that Project Phase”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: incentive Economic Development Rebates: 20 annual payments per Data Center, each 75% of the electric franchise fees collected from that Data Center's operation 75% of franchise fees
    “the City agrees to make twenty (20) annual rebate payments to the Developer (Economic Development Rebates) for each Data Center constructed on the Development Property, each rebate payment consisting of 75% of the electric franchise fee collected”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: community betterment 300000 USD per Project Phase per year
    “The Developer agrees to make up to twenty (20) annual payments for each Project Phase into a fund established by the City (the Community Betterment Fund) in an amount equal to $300,000 annually for each Project Phase”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: community betterment cap 18000000 USD aggregate (cap $6,000,000 per phase)
    “The aggregate amount of payments into the Community Betterment Fund for all Project Phases will not exceed $18,000,000.00”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: non appropriation Grants and Rebates are subject to annual appropriation and payable only from tax increments / Data Center Franchise Fees; non-appropriation is not an Event of Default but gives th
    “if in any year the Economic Development Grants are not paid to the Developer due to the City's non-appropriation, the Developer and all of the Property Owners collectively shall have the right to terminate this Agreement”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: public improvements City to fund and construct water main and sanitary sewer improvements by July 1, 2025, and pave 76th Avenue to urban standards by completion of the last Project Phase (subject t
    “the City shall fund and then construct the Public Improvements by: (i) no later than July 1, 2025 with respect to the water and sanitary sewer improvements”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: assignment No assignment or transfer of the Agreement or Development Property without the City's prior written consent (not to be unreasonably withheld); affiliate assignments, third-party tenant l
    “the City agrees that a Party to this Agreement without having to obtain the consent of the City: (i) May lease any portion of the Project to third party tenants”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: tax covenant Development Property may not be transferred to a non-profit/tax-exempt owner or used as centrally assessed property during the term
    “the Development Property cannot be transferred or sold to a non-profit entity or used for a purpose that would exempt the Development Property or any Project from property tax liability”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: termination city City may terminate only if an Event of Default exists for ALL Project Phases, after 60 days' written notice and failure to cure (no cure opportunity for bankruptcy or misrepresenta
    “The City may terminate this Agreement, but only if an Event of Default exists for all Project Phases”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: termination company Company may terminate if it is in material compliance with no uncured Event of Default, or if the City materially breaches and fails to cure within 60 days of notice
    “This Agreement may be terminated by the Company if: (a) the Company is in compliance with all material terms of this Agreement and no Event of Default has occurred which has not been cured”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: termination effect On Company termination the Agreement is null and void; Article VIII indemnification and Sec. 11.17 confidentiality survive; accrued amounts remain recoverable; the Company may pr
    “Upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.6, the Company shall be free to proceed with the construction and operation of the Project at its own expense and without regard to the provisions of this Agreement”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • development agreement: term Agreement terminates on the later of the last Economic Development Grant/Rebate payment (or end of eligibility) and the last Community Betterment Fund payment
    “the provisions of this Agreement shall terminate as of the later of the date the last Economic Development Grant or Economic Development Rebate is paid or the date the last Community Betterment Fund Contribution is paid”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Stated capital cost: 4500000000 USD
    “Minimum capital investment: $750 million - Estimated total investment: $4.5 billion”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • electric service agreement: approval Executed electric service agreement under active construction with commission-approved contract terms (Alliant CEO, Q2 2026 call); IPL's filed tariff provides that for Individual Cust
    “five executed electric service agreements with large load customers. Three of these large loads are already under active construction with commission-approved contracts.”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Nov. 26, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I EAST LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Nov. 24, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS INFRASTRUCTURE I E · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Nov. 24, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I EAST LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Nov. 24, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC4 LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Nov. 24, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC5 LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Nov. 24, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC6 LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Nov. 24, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC7 LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • Building size range: 400,000 to 1,200,000 per building sq ft
    “The water-free cooling and sustainable facility will include seven data center buildings on 612 acres, ranging in size from 400,000 to 1.2 million square feet.”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • General contractor: The Weitz Company; Layton Construction
    “QTS along with Layton Construction, The Weitz Company and local officials celebrated the topping out of the first of three Cedar Rapids data center campus buildings”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Workforce scale per the general contractor's release: the campus build is expected to support over 2,000 construction and permanent jobs (combined figure as stated; not split).
    “The project is expected to support over 2,000 high-quality construction and permanent jobs.”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 4000000 USD
    “Recorded: Sept. 19, 2025 · Price: $4,000,000 · Grantor: STONEY MEADOW FARMS LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS LAND LLC · Parcel number: 20143-76002-00000 · Address: 6004 76TH AVE SW · City: FAIRFAX”
    County deed records · Sept. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Aug. 11, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC1 LLC · Parcel number: 20154-76003-00000 · Address: 6200 76TH AVE SW # 100 · City: FAIRFAX”
    County deed records · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Aug. 11, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC2 LLC · Parcel number: 20154-01002-00000 · Address: 6200 76TH AVE SW # 200 · City: FAIRFAX”
    County deed records · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Aug. 11, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS T DC3 LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Aug. 11, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I WEST LLC · Parcel number: 20143-01002-00000 · City: CEDAR RAPIDS”
    County deed records · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value USD
    “Recorded: Aug. 11, 2025 · Grantor: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS INFRASTRUCTURE I W · Parcel number: 20143-26003-00000 · City: CEDAR RAPIDS”
    County deed records · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Stated capital cost: 10000000000 USD
    “With a planned $10 billion investment, the QTS Cedar Rapids data center campus represents a long-term commitment to innovation, infrastructure, and regional growth.”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Financing: sponsor-funded (Blackstone portfolio company); no project debt disclosed
    “QTS Data Centers (QTS), a Blackstone portfolio company”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Land purchase (recorded deed): contract value 25628500 USD
    “Recorded: Oct. 21, 2024 · Price: $25,628,500 · Grantor: IOWA LAND AND BUILDING COMPANY · Grantee: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I LLC · Address: 000 ADDRESS EXCEPTION · City: CITY EXCEPTION”
    County deed records · Oct. 2024 · grade B
  • Tenants: not stated
    “The new project's end users haven't been named”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Tenant status: no tenant announced; owner-operated colocation campus
    “The new project's end users haven't been named”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service agreement: missing clause finding FINDING: no termination, minimum-billing, exit-fee or take-or-pay clause of the IPL-QTS electric service agreement is public; the IUC request-for-review filing is confid
    “Alliant has filings with IUC for individual customer rates with QTS for its Cedar Rapids data center. These rates, which are confidential to the public”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • electric service agreement: rate Individual Customer Rate (Rider ICR) service agreements filed with the IUC via a Request for Review; rates confidential; designed to recover no less than the marginal costs to serve the c
    “The filing says the individual customer rate is designed to recover no less than the marginal costs to serve a customer over the term of the service agreement.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • QTS hosted an April 2026 site tour attended by U.S. Energy Secretary Adam Wright; Wright cited up to $50B in potential regional capital development catalyzed by the project
    “At a tour of the site in April, QTS co-CEO Tag Greason said the project is expected to be completed in 16 months.”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • road use agreement: road use 117000 USD
    “the Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a road use agreement requiring QTS to provide over $117,000 in back payment for road damage and fund future improvements to rural roads impacted by construction traffic”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a road use agreement requiring QTS to provide over $117,000 in back payment for road damage and fund future rural-road improvements
    “the Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a road use agreement requiring QTS to provide over $117,000 in back payment for road damage and fund future improvements to rural roads impacted by construction traffic”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Stated capital cost: 1750000000 USD
    “while the minimum investment in the sprawling project remains $750 million as previously stated, the company's anticipated total investment in the project is now $1.75 billion”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
  • Investment announced: $10 billion planned investment (grown from an initial $750 million), described by QTS as the largest economic development project in Cedar Rapids and Iowa history
    “What began as a $750 million investment has grown into a $10 billion commitment, making the QTS data center campus not only the largest economic development project in Cedar Rapids history, but in Iowa's history as well.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Site acres: 612 acres
    “The campus will feature seven data center buildings on 612 acres, with individual buildings ranging from 400,000 to 1.2 million square feet.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Investment escalation: the project represents a planned $10 billion investment per Oct 2025 coverage - the largest economic development project in Cedar Rapids and Iowa history per QTS.
    “The project represents a planned $10 billion investment, which QTS describes as the largest economic development project in Cedar Rapids and Iowa history.”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Linn County Public Health sought a $20,000 civil penalty from Northern Dewatering over unpermitted wells at the QTS construction site
    “Linn County seeks $20,000 penalty over unpermitted wells at QTS data center construction site”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
  • Project surfaced publicly through Cedar Rapids council tax-rebate / urban-renewal actions with the developer unnamed
    “That was until plans were announced in September for two more data centers worth a total of $750 million.”
    News report · Dec. 2024 · grade C
  • Land control date: Oct. 2024
    “QTS Cedar Rapids LLC purchased 615 acres in Alliant Energy's Big Cedar Industrial Center from an Alliant subsidiary in October for $25.6 million.”
    News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
  • Land price: 25600000 USD
    “QTS Cedar Rapids LLC purchased 615 acres in Alliant Energy's Big Cedar Industrial Center from an Alliant subsidiary in October for $25.6 million.”
    News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
  • land purchase: purchase 25600000 USD
    “QTS Cedar Rapids LLC purchased 615 acres in Alliant Energy's Big Cedar Industrial Center from an Alliant subsidiary in October for $25.6 million.”
    News report · Oct. 2024 · grade C
Permits and government (98)
  • final plat: recorded
    “Lots 1, 2, 3, A, B, and D of Data Center Campus First Addition to the City of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, recorded May 8, 2025, as Instrument Number 2025-011406”
    Local government · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • final plat: recorded
    “Lots 1, A, and B of Data Center Campus Second Addition to the City of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, recorded May 16, 2025, as Instrument Number 2025-012416”
    Local government · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • amended agreement approval: approved
    “the term of the Amended and Restated Agreement shall commence on the 2nd day of December, 2025”
    Local government · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Temporary crane to be used during construction.”
    FAA · Aug. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Submittal is for temporary mobile crane to be located in laydown yard located on the South side of 76th Ave. just east of Cherry Valley Rd.”
    FAA · April 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Mobile cranes on site for the construction of a data center in SW Cedar Rapids.”
    FAA · April 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Mobile cranes on site for the construction of a data center in SW Cedar Rapids.”
    FAA · April 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Mobile cranes on site for the construction of a data center in SW Cedar Rapids.”
    FAA · April 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Mobile cranes on site for the construction of a data center in SW Cedar Rapids.”
    FAA · April 2025 · grade A
  • Permitting jurisdiction: City of Cedar Rapids (land use; urban renewal under Iowa Code ch. 403); Iowa Utilities Commission (electric rates; generation certificates at 25 MW and above); Iowa DNR / Linn County Public Healt
    “Data Center means each separate industrial structure constructed by the Company on the Development Property which meets the definition under Iowa Code 423.3(95)(e)(1)”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • urban renewal plan: approved
    “the Urban Renewal Plans approved for such areas by Resolutions Nos. 1584-11-24 (West Urban Renewal Area) and 1585-11-24 (East Urban Renewal Area) on November 19, 2024”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Cedar Rapids City Council: Approval of Big Cedar West and East Urban Renewal Plans (Resolutions 1584-11-24 and 1585-11-24)
    “approved for such areas by Resolutions Nos. 1584-11-24 (West Urban Renewal Area) and 1585-11-24 (East Urban Renewal Area) on November 19, 2024”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5952-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3 - Point 1, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91170556,-91.75658333, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5953-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3 - Point 2, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91179444,-91.75294167, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5954-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3 - Point 3, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91179167,-91.752525, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5955-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3 - Point 4, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.90961111,-91.75254722, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5956-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3 - Point 5, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91044722,-91.75296111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5957-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3 - Point 6, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91060278,-91.7566, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5958-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3 - Point 7, Building, 98 ft AGL, 863 ft AMSL, 41.91088333,-91.75641111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5959-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3 - Point 8, Building, 98 ft AGL, 863 ft AMSL, 41.91151667,-91.75640278, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5960-OE: QTS CDR - Building 4 - Point 1, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91315833,-91.75656111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5961-OE: QTS CDR - Building 4 - Point 2, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91312222,-91.75250556, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5962-OE: QTS CDR - Building 4 - Point 3, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91244722,-91.75251389, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5963-OE: QTS CDR - Building 4 - Point 4, Building, 78 ft AGL, 843 ft AMSL, 41.91260556,-91.75656944, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5964-OE: QTS CDR - Building 4 - Point 5, Building, 98 ft AGL, 863 ft AMSL, 41.91283333,-91.75651944, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5965-OE: QTS CDR - Building 5 - Point 1, Building, 92 ft AGL, 911 ft AMSL, 41.91011944,-91.73615556, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5966-OE: QTS CDR - Building 5 - Point 2, Building, 92 ft AGL, 911 ft AMSL, 41.91012778,-91.734475, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5967-OE: QTS CDR - Building 5 - Point 3, Building, 92 ft AGL, 911 ft AMSL, 41.90715833,-91.73442222, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5968-OE: QTS CDR - Building 5 - Point 4, Building, 92 ft AGL, 911 ft AMSL, 41.90715,-91.73613056, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5969-OE: QTS CDR - Building 5 - Point 5, Building, 108 ft AGL, 927 ft AMSL, 41.90982778,-91.73533611, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5970-OE: QTS CDR - Building 6 - Point 1, Building, 78 ft AGL, 897 ft AMSL, 41.91100278,-91.72987222, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5971-OE: QTS CDR - Building 6 - Point 2, Building, 78 ft AGL, 897 ft AMSL, 41.91100556,-91.72913056, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5972-OE: QTS CDR - Building 6 - Point 3, Building, 78 ft AGL, 897 ft AMSL, 41.90698889,-91.72895556, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5973-OE: QTS CDR - Building 6 - Point 4, Building, 78 ft AGL, 897 ft AMSL, 41.90698611,-91.72986111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5974-OE: QTS CDR - Building 6 - Point 5, Building, 98 ft AGL, 917 ft AMSL, 41.91091667,-91.72972222, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5975-OE: QTS CDR - Building 7 - Point 1, Building, 78 ft AGL, 897 ft AMSL, 41.91100833,-91.72792778, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5976-OE: QTS CDR - Building 7 - Point 2, Building, 78 ft AGL, 897 ft AMSL, 41.91101111,-91.72718611, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5977-OE: QTS CDR - Building 7 - Point 3, Building, 78 ft AGL, 897 ft AMSL, 41.90699167,-91.72717222, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5978-OE: QTS CDR - Building 7 - Point 4, Building, 78 ft AGL, 897 ft AMSL, 41.90699167,-91.72807778, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5979-OE: QTS CDR - Building 7 - Point 5, Building, 98 ft AGL, 917 ft AMSL, 41.91089722,-91.72737778, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5980-OE: QTS CDR - Building 8 - Point 1, Building, 78 ft AGL, 879 ft AMSL, 41.91256111,-91.73748889, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5981-OE: QTS CDR - Building 8 - Point 2, Building, 78 ft AGL, 879 ft AMSL, 41.91257222,-91.73211111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5982-OE: QTS CDR - Building 8 - Point 3, Building, 78 ft AGL, 879 ft AMSL, 41.91189444,-91.73210833, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5983-OE: QTS CDR - Building 8 - Point 4, Building, 78 ft AGL, 879 ft AMSL, 41.91200833,-91.73748611, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5984-OE: QTS CDR - Building 8 - Point 5, Building, 98 ft AGL, 899 ft AMSL, 41.91238056,-91.73709167, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5985-OE: QTS CDR - Building 9 - Point 1, Building, 78 ft AGL, 882 ft AMSL, 41.912575,-91.73169167, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5986-OE: QTS CDR - Building 9 - Point 2, Building, 78 ft AGL, 882 ft AMSL, 41.91258333,-91.72631389, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5987-OE: QTS CDR - Building 9 - Point 3, Building, 78 ft AGL, 882 ft AMSL, 41.91203056,-91.72631389, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5988-OE: QTS CDR - Building 9 - Point 4, Building, 78 ft AGL, 882 ft AMSL, 41.91189722,-91.73168889, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5989-OE: QTS CDR - Building 9 - Point 5, Building, 98 ft AGL, 902 ft AMSL, 41.91238889,-91.72641111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-28”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5896-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 1, Building, 78 ft AGL, 866 ft AMSL, 41.90744722,-91.75804722, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5897-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 2, Building, 78 ft AGL, 866 ft AMSL, 41.90751111,-91.75147222, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5898-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 3, Building, 78 ft AGL, 866 ft AMSL, 41.90728056,-91.75148611, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5899-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 4, Building, 78 ft AGL, 866 ft AMSL, 41.90641389,-91.7519, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5900-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 5, Building, 78 ft AGL, 866 ft AMSL, 41.90633333,-91.75806389, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5901-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 6, Building, 98 ft AGL, 886 ft AMSL, 41.90660556,-91.75792222, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5902-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 7, Building, 98 ft AGL, 886 ft AMSL, 41.90723889,-91.75791389, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5903-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 8, Building, 98 ft AGL, 886 ft AMSL, 41.90657222,-91.754275, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5904-OE: QTS CDR - Building 1 - Point 9, Building, 98 ft AGL, 886 ft AMSL, 41.90720556,-91.75426389, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5905-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2 - Point 1, Building, 78 ft AGL, 857 ft AMSL, 41.90945833,-91.75801667, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5906-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2 - Point 2, Building, 78 ft AGL, 857 ft AMSL, 41.90927222,-91.75185556, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5907-OE: QTS CDR Building 2 - Point 3, Building, 78 ft AGL, 857 ft AMSL, 41.90898056,-91.75145, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5908-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2 - Point 4, Building, 78 ft AGL, 856 ft AMSL, 41.90816667,-91.75146111, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5909-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2 - Point 5, Building, 78 ft AGL, 857 ft AMSL, 41.90834722,-91.75803333, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5910-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2 - Point 6, Building, 98 ft AGL, 877 ft AMSL, 41.90854444,-91.75784167, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5911-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2 - Point 7, Building, 98 ft AGL, 877 ft AMSL, 41.90917778,-91.75783333, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5912-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2 - Point 8, Building, 98 ft AGL, 877 ft AMSL, 41.90851389,-91.75424444, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA archive case: Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2024-ACE-5913-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2 - Point 9, Building, 98 ft AGL, 877 ft AMSL, 41.90914722,-91.75423333, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2024-10-25”
    FAA · Oct. 2024 · grade A
  • air permit: none found
    “Re: Plant Number 57-01-042; Project Number 25-079; Issuance of Construction Permits”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • building permit: Electrical: issued
    “Permit number: EL-003028-2026 · Type: Electrical · Status: issued · Job value: $1,106,500 · Effective date: Aug. 19, 2026 · Address: 6200 76th Ave SW”
    Local building-permit records · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • building permit: Mechanical: issued
    “Permit number: ME-009963-2025 · Type: Mechanical · Status: issued · Job value: $27,750,000 · Effective date: Aug. 7, 2026 · Address: 6200 76th Ave SW”
    Local building-permit records · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-3186-OE: QTS CDR - Building 7 - Point 1, Crane, 135 ft AGL, 923 ft AMSL, 41.91101,-91.72793, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-07-31”
    FAA · July 2026 · grade B
  • building permit: Mechanical: issued
    “Permit number: ME-004547-2026 · Type: Mechanical · Status: issued · Job value: $795,752 · Effective date: July 1, 2026 · Address: 6200 76th Ave SW”
    Local building-permit records · July 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1828-OE: QTS Data Center, Crane, 70 ft AGL, 830 ft AMSL, 41.91083,-91.74481, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-05-18”
    FAA · May 2026 · grade B
  • Tallest structure filed with the FAA (ft): 36 ft
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1807-OE: QTS - CDR - Building 1, Building, 36 ft AGL, 821 ft AMSL, 41.90650,-91.75026, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-04-20”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1807-OE: QTS - CDR - Building 1, Building, 36 ft AGL, 821 ft AMSL, 41.90650,-91.75026, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-04-20”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1809-OE: QTS CDR - Building 2, Building, 36 ft AGL, 808 ft AMSL, 41.90922,-91.75022, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-04-20”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1810-OE: QTS CDR - Building 3, Building, 36 ft AGL, 799 ft AMSL, 41.91182,-91.75204, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-04-20”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1811-OE: QTS CDR - Building 4, Building, 36 ft AGL, 828 ft AMSL, 41.90643,-91.73727, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-04-20”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1812-OE: QTS CDR - Building 5, Building, 36 ft AGL, 836 ft AMSL, 41.90646,-91.73357, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-04-20”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1813-OE: QTS CDR - Building 6, Building, 36 ft AGL, 844 ft AMSL, 41.90646,-91.73182, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-04-20”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-1814-OE: QTS CDR - Building 7, Building, 36 ft AGL, 836 ft AMSL, 41.90648,-91.72836, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-04-20”
    FAA · April 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-627-OE: CDR1 DC-7, Mobile Crane, 171 ft AGL, 971 ft AMSL, 41.90645,-91.72836, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-03-03”
    FAA · March 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-3-OE: DC6 Roofing Crane, Mobile Crane, 70 ft AGL, 878 ft AMSL, 41.90646,-91.73181, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-03-03”
    FAA · March 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-419-OE: Suffolk/DataCenter/MobileCrane/DC5/Laydown, Mobile Crane, 112 ft AGL, 965 ft AMSL, 41.90027,-91.72688, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-02-12”
    FAA · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-287-OE: DC5, Mobile Crane, 146 ft AGL, 970 ft AMSL, 41.90638,-91.73350, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-02-03”
    FAA · Feb. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-200-OE: QTS East Campus, Mobile Crane, 100 ft AGL, 911 ft AMSL, 41.90637,-91.73030, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-01-27”
    FAA · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2026-ACE-61-OE: DC6 Roofing Crane, Crane, 90 ft AGL, 896 ft AMSL, 41.90647,-91.72986, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2026-01-08”
    FAA · Jan. 2026 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2025-ACE-6636-OE: DC6 Crane 1, Mobile Crane, 168 ft AGL, 976 ft AMSL, 41.90646,-91.73181, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2025-12-09”
    FAA · Dec. 2025 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2025-ACE-5542-OE: CDR1 DC-4, Mobile Crane, 190 ft AGL, 991 ft AMSL, 41.90621,-91.73769, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2025-11-18”
    FAA · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2025-ACE-5541-OE: CDR1 DC-5, Mobile Crane, 165 ft AGL, 989 ft AMSL, 41.90638,-91.73350, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2025-11-18”
    FAA · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • FAA obstruction evaluation (7460-1): Determined - No Hazard
    “ASN 2025-ACE-5540-OE: CDR1 DC-6, Mobile Crane, 165 ft AGL, 985 ft AMSL, 41.90626,-91.73105, Determined - No Hazard, submitted 2025-11-18”
    FAA · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • development agreement approval: approved
    “On January 28, 2025, the City Council approved the QTS development agreement at a public meeting.”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • Cedar Rapids City Council: Approval of Development Agreement with QTS Cedar Rapids I, LLC (TIF-0003-2024)
    “On January 28, 2025, the City Council approved the QTS development agreement at a public meeting.”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade B
  • temporary generation permits: pending
    “At our Cedar Rapids site, temporary generation equipment has been installed on the QTS-owned parcel, and we are working through final permitting details with the city and the FAA”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • generation certificate determination: determination reported
    “The company would only be required to seek a certificate of public convenience, use and necessity from the IUC if the electric generating facility would be capable of operating at or above 25 MW”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Cedar Rapids Airport Commission: Airport director briefing on the QTS temporary power plant proposal near the Eastern Iowa Airport; airport review required under City Municipal Code ch. 39 (airspace turbulence/plume impa
    “We are in the process of conversations with the city and very much in the beginning process of that”
    News report · May 2026 · grade C
  • Cedar Rapids City Council: Amended and Restated Development Agreements for the QTS data centers (seven phases; anticipated investment $1.75B; minimum 1,200 construction jobs)
    “while the minimum investment in the sprawling project remains $750 million as previously stated, the company's anticipated total investment in the project is now $1.75 billion”
    News report · Dec. 2025 · grade C
Site and other (28)
  • County code: Linn County, IA (19113)
    “Lots 1, 2, 3, A, B, and D of Data Center Campus First Addition to the City of Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, recorded May 8, 2025, as Instrument Number 2025-011406”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Owner companies: QTS Cedar Rapids I, LLC (developer); QTS Cedar Rapids I DC 1, LLC through QTS Cedar Rapids I DC7, LLC (phase property owners); QTS Cedar Rapids I West, LLC; QTS Cedar Rapids I East, LLC; QTS Cedar Rapids
    “QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I, LLC (the Developer), QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC 1, LLC (the DC1 Property Owner), QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC2, LLC, QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I DC7, LLC (the DC7 Property Owner)”
    Local government · Dec. 2025 · grade A
  • Acres: 331.22 acres
    “containing 331.22 acres which includes 5.06 acres of road right of way”
    Local government · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Stage: building
    “QTS continues to make substantial progress on construction of its seven-building data center campus, with initial energization of 300 megawatts anticipated later this year”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Current target date: 2026
    “initial energization of 300 megawatts anticipated later this year”
    Company · July 2026 · grade B
  • Construction stage: roofed
    “QTS along with Layton Construction, The Weitz Company and local officials celebrated the topping out of the first of three Cedar Rapids data center campus buildings, marking the completion of each building's structural framework”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Original target date: 2026
    “Construction of the campus will be completed in two phases with the first phase anticipated for completion in 2026 and the second phase anticipated for completion in 2027.”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • First three buildings topped out (structural framework complete)
    “celebrated the topping out of the first of three Cedar Rapids data center campus buildings, marking the completion of each building's structural framework”
    Company · Oct. 2025 · grade B
  • Developer: QTS Data Centers (Quality Technology Services, LLC)
    “QTS Data Centers (QTS), a Blackstone portfolio company, today announced a new data center campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Operator: QTS Data Centers
    “today announced a new data center campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in partnership with local, state, and federal leaders”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Acres: 612 acres
    “The data center campus will support the construction of 7 data center buildings located on 612 acres within the Big Cedar Industrial Center.”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Buildings: 7 buildings
    “The data center campus will support the construction of 7 data center buildings located on 612 acres within the Big Cedar Industrial Center.”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Cooling: water-free closed-loop cooling
    “featuring carbon-free energy sources, innovative engineering to reduce environmental impact, and QTS's water-free cooling technology”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Water use stated: approximately 4 billion gallons per year conserved vs evaporative cooling at full stabilization
    “the Cedar Rapids campus is expected to conserve approximately 4 billion gallons of water annually, compared to data centers using evaporative cooling”
    Company · Aug. 2025 · grade B
  • Aliases: QTS Big Cedar; Big Cedar Industrial Center campus
    “QTS is developing a data center campus on 612 acres in the Big Cedar Industrial Center.”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • Announced: Feb. 12, 2025
    “On February 12, 2025, the City, Alliant Energy, and QTS announced the project and identified QTS as the company developing the campus.”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • City of Cedar Rapids, Alliant Energy and QTS publicly confirmed QTS as the developer of the campus
    “On February 12, 2025, the City, Alliant Energy, and QTS announced the project and identified QTS as the company developing the campus.”
    Local government · Feb. 2025 · grade B
  • County code: 19113
    “The 612-acre QTS campus, in the Big Cedar Industrial Center near the intersection of 76th Avenue and Tissel Hollow Road in Cedar Rapids”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Entity legal name: QTS CEDAR RAPIDS I, LLC
    “QTS Cedar Rapids I, LLC is the entity of record for the campus per the queue pre-match (DE 2024-05-29”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Minimum bill terms: not stated
    “Alliant has filings with IUC for individual customer rates with QTS for its Cedar Rapids data center. These rates, which are confidential to the public”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Iowa Business for Clean Energy called for more public scrutiny of confidential data center Individual Customer Rates and Alliant's peaker-plant buildout
    “Alliant has filings with IUC for individual customer rates with QTS for its Cedar Rapids data center.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Campus plan: 7 data center buildings on 612 acres
    “The campus will feature seven data center buildings on 612 acres”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Construction stage: under construction - ground broken Aug 2025; first three buildings topped out Oct 21, 2025; phase 1 completes 2026, phase 2 in 2027
    “QTS and construction partners Layton Construction and The Weitz Company marked the topping out of the first three buildings at the company's Cedar Rapids data center campus Tuesday, Oct. 21”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Current stage: under construction
    “QTS and construction partners Layton Construction and The Weitz Company marked the topping out of the first three buildings at the company's Cedar Rapids data center campus Tuesday, Oct. 21”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Project status: under construction - first three buildings topped out (Oct 21, 2025)
    “QTS and construction partners Layton Construction and The Weitz Company marked the topping out of the first three buildings at the company's Cedar Rapids data center campus Tuesday, Oct. 21”
    News report · Oct. 2025 · grade C
  • Address: 6200 76th Ave SW, Cedar Rapids, IA
    “A groundbreaking ceremony was originally planned for July 29 at the data center site in the Big Cedar Industrial Center at 6200 76th Ave. SW”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
  • Planned groundbreaking ceremony canceled after the Jul 28, 2025 shooting at Blackstone's New York headquarters; QTS announced the campus by release on Aug 8, 2025 instead
    “In lieu of a formal groundbreaking ceremony following the deadly July 28 shooting at Blackstone Inc.'s New York City headquarters, QTS has instead issued a formal announcement”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C
  • Groundbreaking date: Aug. 2025
    “QTS broke ground at the campus in August of last year.”
    News report · Aug. 2025 · grade C

Imagery and records: County deeds and building permits: ATTOM.