Data center profile · Quincy, Grant County, Washington

Vantage Quincy (WA1)

A completed 89 MW Vantage campus in Quincy, Washington, on Grant County PUD power, with a 111.5-acre expansion parcel annexed and a trucked-gas plant pending to supply it

Operating, expansion land held. All three WA1 buildings (89 MW of IT capacity) were delivered by Jan. 2024. The new items are 111.5 annexed acres next door with no MW stated, and a VoltaGrid gas plant awaiting a state air permit to supply WA1.
89 MW
IT capacity across three buildings, all delivered
company figure; 775,000 sq ft
111.5 acres
annexed east of the campus for future development
no MW stated
$1B+
Vantage says it has invested in the campus since 2011
company statement
61
diesel emergency generators permitted
backup only, not supply
OperatorVantage Data Centers
CustomerNot disclosed
Planned IT capacity89 MW at full build-out (company IT figure)
First building in serviceIn service since Oct. 2023 (about 89 MW of IT capacity live)
Next stepState air-permit decision on VoltaGrid's behind-the-meter gas plant for WA1; a public hearing was requested July 18, 2026
Power

Power and the grid

Energized, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed
Backup generators (emergency use, not a power supply)

Getting on the grid

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

  1. Jan. 2026
    District weighs new gas plants
    Grant County PUD workshop considers a new gas plant near Moses Lake or Quincy because transmission, not generation, is the constraint (press). News report · Jan. 2026
  2. July 18, 2026
    Hearing requested on the VoltaGrid plant
    A formal request for a public hearing is filed with the state Ecology department. see Permits
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 2 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$1B+
invested in the campus since 2011, per Vantage
company statement Company · Jan. 2024
$264,636
Vantage paid for M Street frontage improvements, Dec. 2018
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 2018
    Money Vantage agrees to pay Quincy for M Street frontage improvements Local government · Oct. 2026
  2. Oct. 18, 2023
    Construction Vantage's 530,000 sq ft third building adds 64 MW of IT capacity, bringing the campus to 89 MW Company · Oct. 2023
  3. Dec. 5, 2023
    Permits Quincy's council holds the hearing on the 111.5-acre Vantage annexation, with no public comment Local government · Dec. 2023
  4. Jan. 31, 2024
    Construction Vantage delivers the third and final building; campus complete at 89 MW Company · Jan. 2024
  5. July 18, 2026
    Permits A formal request is filed for a public hearing on VoltaGrid's gas plant permit for WA1 State agency · July 2026
The buildings

Specs

775,000 sq ft
three data centers on a 68-acre campus
64 MW
added by the third building (530,000 sq ft), Oct. 2023
Other data centers within 40 km (3)
This campus (footprint)
26 ac
Bitfarms Washington Data Center
9 ac
Serverfarm TiTAN Moses Lake
1 ac
Serverfarm Data Center
1 ac
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners and developers
  • Vantage Data Centers: owner and operator
  • VoltaGrid LLC: proposed gas plant provider
  • Vantage Data Centers WA2, LLC: annexation applicant
Decision-makers
  • Grant County Public Utility District: power
  • Washington Department of Ecology: air approvals
  • Quincy City Council: annexation
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

20 records from 8 documents

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

Company 3Local government 2State agency 2News report 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.

Power (5)
  • County code: 53025
    “Power provided by Grant County Power Utility District, offering the lowest per-KW rates in the country”
  • IT capacity: 89 MW
    “WA1 features three data centers with 775,000 square feet of space and 89MW of critical IT load.”
  • Project status: operating
    “Quincy, WA: Vantage delivered its third and final facility on its 89MW WA1 campus in Quincy, Washington.”
  • Third and final WA1 facility delivered; campus complete at 89 MW. Vantage states it has invested more than USD 1 billion into the campus since entering the Quincy market in 2011.
    “Since entering the market in 2011, Vantage has invested more than $1 billion into the campus and created hundreds of long-term, high-pay jobs.”
  • Grant County PUD's binding constraint in Quincy is transmission capacity, not generation: it is why a behind-the-meter trucked-gas plant is being permitted for WA1, and the PUD's January 2026 workshop weighed a new 40-12
    “Utility commissioners in central Washington's Grant County... recently cited a lack of transmission capacity to approve plans for the company VoltaGrid”
Money and contracts (3)
  • Development Agreement for the Vantage Annexation (authorised by Ordinance 23-606, Exhibit B): development standards Agreement requires conforming to all development standards applicable to the property under the Light In
    “the City Council deems it appropriate to execute a development agreement with the applicant which requires conforming to all development standards applicable to said property under the Light Industrial (L-I) Zone”
  • Development / improvement agreement for the Vantage Annexation parcel (Ordinance 23-606): buffering The improvement agreement for the Vantage parcel includes significant buffering requirements along the western edge of t
    “the improvement agreement for that parcel includes significant buffering requirements along the western edge of the property that abuts the subject property of this application (see Ordinance No. 23-606).”
  • The 111.5 acres annexed under Ordinance 23-606 were unimproved land for future development east of the operating WA1 campus; the ordinance title itself describes a development agreement for future development of the prop
    “AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF SAID REAL PROPERTY.”
Permits and government (3)
  • VoltaGrid LLC's 'QWA1 Electrical Generation Plant': VoltaGrid QWA1 behind-the-meter gas plant: NOC application pending (revised Jan 2026); hearing requested July 18, 2026
    “I am writing to formally request that the Washington State Department of Ecology hold a public hearing regarding the proposed Air Quality Notice of Construction (NOC) application for the VoltaGrid Electric Generation Plant in Quincy”
  • City of Quincy City Council:
    “AN ORDINANCE UNDER RCW 35A.14.120 AND 36.70B.170 PROVIDING FOR THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF QUINCY; COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE VANTAGE ANNEXATION”
  • Vantage's Quincy WA1 campus operates its 61 diesel-fired emergency generators un: WA1 generators authorized under Ecology Approval Order 23AQ-E056 (61 diesel emergency generators)
    “Vantage Data Centers' 61 diesel-fired emergency generators (located less than 2 miles away and authorized under Approval Order 23AQ-E056)”