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QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus

QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus is an AI data center campus developed by QTS Data Centers in Ohio, Van Wert. 0.50 GW of capacity has been announced; none is energized yet. The gap is what this page tracks: what is claimed versus what is actually built, each figure dated and sourced.

Announced · QTS Data Centers · Private land · PJM · Van Wert, Ohio, United States

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Capacity: announced vs energized

Contracted
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Under construction
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Announced-to-energized gap: 0.50 GW. Every figure below is a single dated, sourced claim. Current best per series resolves by evidence tier, then date. See the methodology.

62nd-largest announced of 102 tracked campuses41st by energized capacity42th percentile announced-to-energized gap≈ 405,000 homes of power at full announced capacity (basis)
QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus capacity claims
Source
Announced0.50 GW2026-05-29claimedjournalist report
Energized0 GW2026-05-29reportedjournalist report

Key facts

announced

Lifecycle

0.50 GW

Announced

0 GW

Energized

QTS Data Centers

Developer

United States

Location

PJM

Grid

private land

Land

1

Facilities tracked

Reported facts

Structured facts sourced from citations already on this record. Each fact traces to a source in the References section below.

Announcement / ownership
City of Van Wert and QTS Data Centers (a Blackstone portfolio company) announced plans on May 29 2026 for a Northwest Ohio data center campus (QTS press release)
Campus size (company)
QTS expects seven data center buildings across about 902 acres in the City of Van Wert, with up to $10B investment cited on the company project page (QTS Van Wert page)
Power capacity (local press)
Van Wert Independent reported the campus as a $10B, 500 MW data center at the Mega Site, quoting QTS Senior Director of Communications Katie Erwin on scope (Van Wert Independent, May 29 2026)
Timeline (company via local press)
Groundbreaking expected Q4 2026, first building operational Q1 2029, full campus buildout around 2032, subject to permitting and utility coordination (Van Wert Independent citing QTS, May 29 2026)
Jobs / tax claim (announced)
QTS projects more than 1,500 construction jobs and about 200 full-time QTS positions, plus $200M in projected tax revenue over 20 years (QTS press release)
Power / water approach (announced)
QTS says it will fund 100% of energy infrastructure improvements with American Electric Power (AEP) with no cost impact to existing customers, and will use closed-loop cooling that does not consume water for cooling once operational (QTS press release)

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The story of QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus
Announced capex
$10B
Derived
Cost per MW
$20M/MW

Every figure is one row in the ledger below with its source. Derived rows are pure arithmetic on the rows above (not new claims). Absent lines mean the fact isn't on record yet.

In clusterOhio(142)

The deal

utility
AEP Ohio · Serving utility for the campus; grid-powered.
grid operator
PJM · Northwest Ohio falls in the PJM interconnection.
developer
QTS Data Centers · Blackstone-owned hyperscale developer; site acquired via the Van Wert mega-site.

Power

Power source
grid
Grid operator
PJM
Interconnection

QTS-funded grid infrastructure upgrades (AEP / Indiana Michigan territory, PJM), 0.50 GW grid ppa, Announced. QTS to fund 100% of energy-infrastructure improvements; AEP Ohio / PJM grid.

The PJM grid demand right now: 83.3 GW (EIA-930, 2026-10-02 07:00). QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus's announced 0.50 GW would be 0.6% of the grid's current load.

County water status: No drought in Van Wert County, week of 2026-09-29 (US Drought Monitor). Data centers are large water users for cooling; this is the neutral local water picture.

Why here

QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus sits on private land in Ohio, Van Wert. It connects to the PJM grid, draws on grid power. This siting summary is composed from the record's held fields, not speculation; see methodology.

Financial structure

Total announced investment
$10B journalist report

Regulatory paper trail

The filings and rules on record for this site and its jurisdiction, most recent first. Each is a sourced, dated artifact you can follow to the primary document.

NHTSA Recall: Zoox Robotaxi Software Update for Heavy Smoke Visibility (26E044)operational restriction · 2026-07-15 · United States
FCC Proposed Fines Against Drone Companies (July 2026)other · 2026-07-10 · United States

Facilities at this campus

Timeline

  2. Aug 2026
    capacity changed
    energized: unknown to 0
  3. Oct 2026
    Current: Announced

Sources

473bb952-2e13-4eb6-91a5-08fd9f8db306 · Tracked with DEPLOY's verified-vs-claimed methodology. Every term is defined in the glossary. Announced numbers are claims, not built capacity.

Head-to-head

QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus vs QTS Phoenix 3 Campus →QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus vs Prince William Digital Gateway →QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus vs Microsoft Fairwater Atlanta / QTS Fayetteville Campus →QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus vs Aligned Conesville Industrial Park Campus →QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus vs Cologix Johnstown Campus →

Common questions

What is QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus?
QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus is an AI data center campus tracked on the DEPLOY registry, located in Van Wert. DEPLOY records its capacity as a dated, sourced ledger: announced gigawatts versus actually energized gigawatts, never a press-release total.
How much power will QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus use?
QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus has 0.50 GW of announced capacity on the DEPLOY registry, of which 0 GW is recorded as energized, an announced-to-energized gap of 0.50 GW. Each figure is individually dated and sourced.
Who is building QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus?
QTS Data Centers is recorded as a party to QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus on the DEPLOY registry. The full party list, with each role, is on the record.
Is QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus operating yet?
As of the most recent verification on the DEPLOY registry, QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus is announced but not yet built. DEPLOY tracks the lifecycle from announced through energized, so the current state reflects sourced evidence, not the original announcement.
How verified is the data on QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus?
A human editor has reviewed this record for the indexed registry. Every capacity figure is an append-only, dated claim resolved to the highest-evidence tier; superseded claims are kept but excluded from the current view.

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DEPLOY. (2026). QTS Data Centers — Van Wert, Ohio Campus: AI data center campus record. Retrieved October 2, 2026, from https://registry.deploy.report/datacenters/qts-van-wert-ohio-campus

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