Major Construction Milestone Reached
QTS Realty Trust and its development partners have completed structural work on three buildings at their new data center campus in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, according to recent reports. The topping-out ceremony marks significant progress on the $10 billion development that could eventually comprise seven data center buildings across the 612-acre site.
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Project Details and Specifications
The Cedar Rapids campus, located within the Big Cedar Industrial Center, represents one of QTS’s largest current development projects, sources indicate. While the planned capacity hasn’t been officially disclosed, analysts suggest the facility will employ waterless cooling technology to chill its servers, an environmentally conscious approach to data center operations.
Construction firms The Weitz Company and Layton Construction are reportedly working with QTS on the project, with the first phase expected to be completed next year. The report states that Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds attended the ceremony, though high winds prevented the traditional beam-raising activity.
Expanding into New Markets
Cedar Rapids, located approximately 120 miles east of Des Moines in Linn County, isn’t traditionally considered a major data center market, according to industry analysts. However, the region is gaining attention as technology companies seek new locations for expansion. Sources indicate that Google is also developing a campus in the same area, suggesting growing interest in Iowa as a data center hub.
Broader Expansion Strategy
Blackstone-owned QTS maintains dozens of data centers across multiple countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Spain. The Cedar Rapids development appears to be part of a broader strategic expansion by the company into emerging markets with favorable conditions for data center operations.
The development comes as demand for data center capacity continues to grow globally, driven by increasing cloud computing adoption, artificial intelligence applications, and digital transformation initiatives across industries. Industry observers suggest that waterless cooling technology could become increasingly important as companies seek to minimize environmental impact while expanding computational capabilities.
For more information about data center technology, visit Wikipedia’s data center entry. Additional context about the region can be found at Cedar Rapids, Iowa information.
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References
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_center
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_Rapids,_Iowa
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Reynolds
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_(computing)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa
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