The site from above
Power and the grid
The plan on record is a grid connection. A serving utility is named, but no signed service agreement is on record.
We checked utility filings, regulator dockets and air-permit records for this campus.
Permits checklist
5 checked, nothing on file
Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.
- –Checked, nothing on file: Zoning approval, Site plan, Building permit, Water and wetlands permits, Utility and grid approval
What happened, and what is due
- Oct. 7, 2026Site Project first appears in the public record
Since Oct. 2026: 1 satellite capture. Satellite · Oct. 2026
Owners, partners and builders
- QTS Data Centers, developer
Open questions
- Signed electric service agreement and delivery date.
- Whether site work has started.
13 records from 4 documents
Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets and satellite captures, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.
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 (3)
- Project status: Planned expansion campus: eight additional buildings (3.2 million sq ft) on 240 acres at Babbitt and Miller roads, with a reported investment of nearly $3 billion; land was acquired by QTS entities in 202“QTS Data Centers wants to build eight additional facilities spanning 3.2 million square feet on 240 acres on Babbitt and Miller roads. It will invest nearly $3 billion in those projects”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- QTS's Beech Road sites are separate campuses: New Albany 1 at 675 Beech Road SW (144 MW per QTS via DCD) and a 785 Beech Road SW site described by QTS as offering 78 MW across two buildings on 37 acres. Those MW figures“On its website, QTS lists New Albany 1 at 675 Beech Road SW; it will offer 144MW across the 56-acre site. New Albany 2, at 785 Beech Road SW, will offer 78MW across two buildings on a 37-acre site”News report · 2024 · grade C
- Utility: AEP Ohio“The new power lines will connect Vassell Substation in Delaware County to two new substations near Green Chapel Road in New Albany, Licking County”News report · Dec. 2023 · grade C
Money and contracts (5)
- Campus name: QTS New Albany - Miller/Babbitt Road campus“QTS Data Centers wants to build eight additional facilities spanning 3.2 million square feet on 240 acres on Babbitt and Miller roads”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Building count: 8 buildings“QTS Data Centers wants to build eight additional facilities spanning 3.2 million square feet on 240 acres on Babbitt and Miller roads”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Site acreage: 240 acres“QTS Data Centers wants to build eight additional facilities spanning 3.2 million square feet on 240 acres on Babbitt and Miller roads”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- County code: 39089“QTS Data Centers wants to build eight additional facilities spanning 3.2 million square feet on 240 acres on Babbitt and Miller roads”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
- Reported planned investment of nearly $3 billion in the eight-building Miller/Babbitt campus (per Baxtel's summary of Columbus Dispatch reporting). Plan figure, not a closed financing.“It will invest nearly $3 billion in those projects”Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Imagery and records: Satellite imagery: Sentinel-2 (ESA Copernicus).