# QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus

> Under construction: a 1050 MW data center in Linn County, Iowa, from the Kapwork Grow tracker (2 sources). Sources and dates on every fact.

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Updated: Nov 3, 2026  
Publisher: Kapwork Grow, a free directory of public records

QTS is building a 1050 MW data center in Linn County, Iowa (under construction). 2 sources report this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker. (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Nov 2, 2026)

## Facts

- **Operator:** QTS (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Stage:** Under construction (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported capacity:** 1050 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 16, 2026)
- **Capacity as the sources range:** 420 to 1050 MW (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Reported building area:** 3 sq ft (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Site area:** 612 acres (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported investment:** $10.00B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Reported jobs:** 30 (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Announced:** Feb 12, 2025 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Construction start reported:** 2025-08 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Expected completion:** 2028 (Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **City:** Cedar Rapids (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **County:** Linn (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **State:** Iowa (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 24, 2026)
- **Location precision:** Site footprint confirmed (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Utility:** Alliant Energy (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Power source:** Grid power (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Cooling:** Air cooled (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **AI workload:** Likely AI or machine-learning workload (Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0), as of Sep 16, 2026)
- **Facility type:** AI data center (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)
- **Incentives reported:** Tif; Other; $1.02B (Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here, as of Nov 2, 2026)

## What each source reports

| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Compute Atlas | QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus | Under construction | 1050 MW |
| Server Country | QTS - Cedar Rapids Campus | Under construction | 420 MW |

## Questions this page answers

### Is QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus under construction?

No permit record shows it yet, so this page prints it as announced. Compute Atlas (Sep 16, 2026) and Server Country (Sep 24, 2026) report it as under construction.

### Who is building QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus?

QTS is the operator. No public record names the general contractor yet. It shows here the day one does.

### When is QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus expected to finish?

Server Country reports expected completion in 2028. That is a reported target, not a schedule.

### Which carriers serve QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus?

No public record names them yet. They show here when a filing does.

### How do contractors on QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus get paid sooner?

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## Latest updates

- [Expected completion reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2028.
- [Construction start reported](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/). Reported for 2025-08.
- **Feb 12, 2025:** [Reported as announced](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/)
- [Reported as announced](https://cedar-rapids.org/news_detail_T6_R2180.php). Reported for 2025-02.
- [Construction start reported](https://cedar-rapids.org/news_detail_T6_R2180.php). Reported for 2025.

## Related records

- [Berkeley/Jefferson County Data Center Campus](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/berkeley-jefferson-county-data-center-campus-wv-dc_e991aefab44e): Same operator
- [Berkeley/Jefferson County Data Center Campus (QTS Kearneysville)](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/berkeley-jefferson-county-data-center-campus-qts-kearneysville-wv-dc_66d04dd39450): Same operator
- [Blackstone-QTS Northeastern Pennsylvania Data Centers](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/blackstone-qts-northeastern-pennsylvania-data-centers-pa-dc_d0f3584abb8f): Same operator
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- [Cologix DSM3 Altoona](https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/cologix-dsm3-altoona-ia-dc_d800c2c6fdee): Same state

## What this record does not show

- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-11-02. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0) · Server Country, https://servercountry.org/data/ (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.

## Sources

- [Compute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)](https://cedar-rapids.org/news_detail_T6_R2180.php) · as of Sep 16, 2026 · record qts-cedar-rapids-ia
- [City of Cedar Rapids (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://cedar-rapids.org/news_detail_T6_R2180.php) · as of Jul 6, 2026
- [Data Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/qts-breaks-ground-on-data-center-campus-in-iowa/) · as of Jul 6, 2026
- [Data Center Frontier (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/site-selection/article/55268088/cedar-rapids-iowa-gets-approval-for-two-major-data-center-investments-by-google-and-qts) · as of Jul 6, 2026
- [The Gazette (Cedar Rapids) (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.thegazette.com/news/data-center-project-pitched-as-win-for-jobs-rates-in-iowa/article_6ba03ef8-81a2-4215-ba6c-d92188174b31.html) · as of Jul 18, 2026
- [Business Record (cited by Compute Atlas)](https://www.businessrecord.com/iowa-communities-grapple-with-regulating-data-centers-as-development-spreads/) · as of Sep 16, 2026
- [Server Country project record (CC BY 4.0)](https://servercountry.org/data/projects/) · as of Sep 24, 2026 · record 0184
- [Kapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here](https://kapwork.com/app/grow/datacenters/projects/qts-cedar-rapids-data-center-campus-ia) · as of Nov 2, 2026 · record 33623513151931

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## Cite this page

Kapwork Grow, "QTS Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus", https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/qts-cedar-rapids-data-center-campus-ia-dc_1e94958eb9bb, materially updated Nov 3, 2026.