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Reported geography
Source-reported location for QTS Van Wert Data Center Campus.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- QTS Data Centers
- Address and locality
- Van Wert · Van Wert County · Ohio
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- proposed
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 9 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-001226
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- American Electric Power
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Closed-loop
- Announced investment
- $10 billion
- Announced jobs
- 200 permanent · 1,500 construction
- Announced
- 29 May 2026
Provider notes
Energy. QTS says it will fund 100% of necessary energy infrastructure improvements at no cost to existing energy users, working with AEP.
Water. QTS states the campus will use a closed-loop cooling system that eliminates water consumption for cooling operations.
What the source record says
Announced May 29, 2026 with roughly $10 billion of projected capital investment and $200 million in projected tax revenue over 20 years, plus a $100,000 Vantage Career Center partnership and a community betterment fund. Acreage and building count were not stated in the announcement read here.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2026-05-29 · source-reported proposed
City of Van Wert and QTS jointly announced the campus.
Sources and attribution
- City of Van Wert and QTS Announce Data Center Campus in Northwest Ohio · QTS Data Centers
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID qts-van-wert-oh. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
This exact source identifier is linked to QTS Data Centers — Van Wert campus. The licensed row remains a separate discovery record.
Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-001226
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
Location and precision
- Van Wert, OH (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: QTS Data Centers
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported proposed
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: 29 May 2026
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2026-05-29 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: American Electric Power
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Grid
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Closed-loop
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $10 billion
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 200 permanent · 1,500 construction
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-09
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Area, acreage and buildings · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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