Power and the grid
Energized, size not disclosed
- Grant County Public Utility District grid Operatingserves the campus (the district advertises low rates); utility MW not disclosed; 89 MW is IT capacity Company · Oct. 2026
- VoltaGrid behind-the-meter gas plant (14 mobile engines) Permit pendingMW not disclosed; CNG trucked from Moses Lake; pending state permit; meant to supply WA1 State agency · July 2026
- Diesel emergency generators (61 units) Permitted (backup)backup only, not a power supply State agency · Jan. 2023
Getting on the grid
Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.
- Jan. 2026District weighs new gas plantsGrant 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
- July 18, 2026Hearing requested on the VoltaGrid plantA formal request for a public hearing is filed with the state Ecology department. see Permits
- As a public utility district, Grant PUD sets its own rates, so no state utilities commission case covers the campus. State agency · Oct. 2026
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.
- ◷Notice of Construction for VoltaGrid gas plant PendingWashington Department of Ecology · July 18, 2026: revised Jan. 2026; public hearing requested State agency · July 2026
- ✓Air approval for 61 diesel emergency generators GrantedWashington Department of Ecology · 2023: Approval Order 23AQ-E056, year only State agency · Jan. 2023
- ✓Annexation and development agreement (111.5 acres) GrantedCity of Quincy · Dec. 5, 2023: Ordinance 23-606; vote tally not found; land later treated as annexed Local government · Dec. 2023
- –Checked, nothing on file: Electric service contract
What could slow it down
- MediumTrucked-gas plantThe VoltaGrid plant would run 14 mobile engines on gas trucked in 16 or more times a day, and a hearing has been requested. see Permits
- MediumTransmission limitsGrant PUD says transmission capacity, not generation, constrains Quincy growth (press). News report · Jan. 2026
- WatchExpansion not definedThe 111.5 annexed acres have no MW, tenant or schedule on record. Local government · Dec. 2023
Money on record
What happened, and what is due
- Dec. 2018Money Vantage agrees to pay Quincy for M Street frontage improvements Local government · Oct. 2026
- Oct. 18, 2023Construction Vantage's 530,000 sq ft third building adds 64 MW of IT capacity, bringing the campus to 89 MW Company · Oct. 2023
- Dec. 5, 2023Permits Quincy's council holds the hearing on the 111.5-acre Vantage annexation, with no public comment Local government · Dec. 2023
- Jan. 31, 2024Construction Vantage delivers the third and final building; campus complete at 89 MW Company · Jan. 2024
- July 18, 2026Permits A formal request is filed for a public hearing on VoltaGrid's gas plant permit for WA1 State agency · July 2026
Specs
Owners, partners and builders
- Vantage Data Centers: owner and operator
- VoltaGrid LLC: proposed gas plant provider
- Vantage Data Centers WA2, LLC: annexation applicant
- Grant County Public Utility District: power
- Washington Department of Ecology: air approvals
- Quincy City Council: annexation
Open questions
- Tenant.
- Utility load in MW.
- VoltaGrid plant size and permit decision.
- Expansion plans for the annexed land.
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.
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”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- IT capacity: 89 MW“WA1 features three data centers with 775,000 square feet of space and 89MW of critical IT load.”Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
- Project status: operating“Quincy, WA: Vantage delivered its third and final facility on its 89MW WA1 campus in Quincy, Washington.”Company · Jan. 2024 · grade B
- 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.”Company · Jan. 2024 · grade B
- 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”News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
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”Local government · Dec. 2023 · grade B
- 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).”Local government · Dec. 2023 · grade B
- 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.”Local government · Dec. 2023 · grade B
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”State agency · July 2026 · grade B
- 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”Local government · Dec. 2023 · grade B
- 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)”State agency · Jan. 2023 · grade B