QTS Clinton · Data center profile

Power

Power and the grid

Not used, not on record, or dropped

Utility service Not on record
no interconnection or service filing exists; QTS has not submitted a plan Local government · Oct. 2026

Getting on the grid

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

As of Oct. 2026
No utility filing found
Searches of Iowa Utilities Commission and Alliant filings find nothing for the campus. Local government · Oct. 2026

Council members said the size and scope of the project had not been finalized, so no power request is expected yet. Local government · Oct. 2026

Permits

Permits checklist

1 defeated · 1 draft · 2 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

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Data center moratorium ordinance Defeated
Clinton City Council · June 9, 2026: defeated 2-5; the city drafts standards instead Local government · June 2026
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Citywide data center zoning ordinance Draft
Clinton City Council · Oct. 8, 2026: hearing postponed; still unadopted Oct. 19, 2026 News report · Oct. 2026
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Checked, nothing on file: Rezoning, site plan or development agreement, Air construction permit

Risks

What could slow it down

High
Organized opposition
A citizen group packed the June meeting, rejected the city's draft rules and wrote its own ordinance. News report · Sept. 2026
Medium
Rules unsettled
The city's ordinance is still unadopted and its hearing was postponed, so the rules QTS would face are open. see Permits
Medium
No commitment from QTS
The company calls itself early-stage and councilmembers said QTS had not decided to proceed. Local government · Oct. 2026

Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming

June 9, 2026
Site QTS says it is exploring a Clinton-area data center; the city attorney says no proposal has been submitted News report · June 2026
June 9, 2026
Permits The council defeats a data center moratorium 2-5 and turns to drafting standards Local government · June 2026
Sept. 28, 2026
Legal Clintonians Against Data Centers submits a 1,500-signature petition for its own ordinance (press) News report · Oct. 2026
Oct. 8, 2026
Permits The city postpones its hearing on the draft data center ordinance News report · Oct. 2026

The buildings

Specs

Draft city rules: data centers allowed as a principal use in industrial districts, with evaporative cooling prohibited (draft, Sept. 22, 2026) Local government · Sept. 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers

QTS: exploring the site; owned by funds managed by Blackstone

Decision-makers

Clinton City Council: moratorium and ordinance
Clintonians Against Data Centers: opposition group

Still unknown

Open questions

Campus size and MW.
Any QTS filing.
Final city ordinance.
Land control.

Where this comes from

23 records from 10 documents

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

News report 7Local government 2Company 1

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.

Money and contracts (1)

Third-party tracker Baxtel lists a USD 10 billion, 1,300-acre hyperscale campus for QTS Clinton; These are unverified tracker figures (QTS and the city state approximately 1,100 acres of private land and no published inv
“QTS is planning a $10 billion, 1,300-acre hyperscale data center campus in Clinton, Iowa.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C

Permits and government (8)

City of Clinton City Council:
“RESULT: DEFEATED. 2-5 MOVER: Turpen SECONDER: Winter YES: Obren and Turpen NO: Lee, Seeley, Determan, Winter, and Kearns”
Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
On June 9, 2026 the Clinton City Council took up an ordinance creating a morator: Data center moratorium ordinance DEFEATED 2-5 (June 9, 2026); city proceeds to draft standards instead
“AN ORDINANCE CREATING A MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTERS IN THE CITY OF CLINTON, IOWA UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE CITY'S ZONING AUTHORITIES AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE CREATED APPROPRIATE RULES AND REGULATIONS”
Local government · June 2026 · grade B
City postponed the public hearing on the proposed data center zoning ordinance that had been set for October 8, 2026, citing a seven-day notice requirement for zoning-related public hearings; ordinance still not adopted
“The City of Clinton has postponed their public hearing regarding the proposed data center zoning ordinance.”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Clintonians Against Data Centers (CADC) submitted a petition with 1,500+ registered-voter signatures on September 28, 2026 backing a citizen-drafted ordinance ('Chapter 124') defining and regulating hyperscale data cente
“The grassroots group Clintonians Against Data Centers (CADC) submitted a petition containing more than 1,500 signatures from registered Clinton voters to Clinton City Hall on Monday, September 28”
News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Organized opposition (Clintonians Against Data Centers) packed the Jun 9, 2026 meeting, rejected the city attorney's draft ordinance (taken up by the Plan Commission in July 2026), wrote its own citizen-drafted hyperscal
“Clintonians Against Data Centers responded by having members write their own ordinance. Organizers said on the record that they 'will not accept' the one the city wrote 'in haste.'”
News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Project status: proposed
“Councilman Cody Seeley said a moratorium signals the city is 'closed for business.' The city later said the vote wasn't an approval of anything, and that QTS has not submitted a development plan.”
News report · June 2026 · grade C
QTS company statement: it is exploring development of a data center facility in the Clinton area in the very early stages; a site plan will be submitted to the City of Clinton when ready. This is a company claim, NOT a f
“QTS is exploring the development of a data center facility in the Clinton area to support digital infrastructure used by businesses and organizations across the country.”
News report · June 2026 · grade C
Jun 9, 2026: after a four-hour meeting, the Clinton City Council declined to adopt a proposed 120-day data center moratorium (press shorthand: rejected 5-2; official minutes show the motion to consider the ordinance defe
“The Clinton City Council rejected a proposed data center moratorium on a 5-2 vote Tuesday, June 9, after a marathon four-hour meeting”
News report · June 2026 · grade C

Site and other (2)

Clintonians Against Data Centers submitted a petition with more than 1,500 signatures of registered Clinton voters to the City Clerk on September 28, 2026, proposing a citizen-drafted hyperscale data center ordinance (Ch
“submitted a petition containing more than 1,500 signatures from registered Clinton voters to Clinton City Hall on Monday, September 28”
News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
County code: 19045
“That project, proposed by QTS (Quality Technology Services), centers on building an AI-driven data center campus north of U.S. Highway 30 and west of Mill Creek Parkway.”
News report · June 2026 · grade C