QTS Cedar Rapids
AI data center in Cedar Rapids, IA, United States: under construction.
- Location: Cedar Rapids, IA, United States
- Developer: QTS Data Centers
- Status: under construction
- Estimated cost: $10B
QTS Cedar Rapids is a AI data center project located in Cedar Rapids, IA, United States, currently under construction. It is being built by QTS Data Centers. The estimated build cost is $10B. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across IA, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.
Project description
QTS topped out the first building of its Cedar Rapids campus on October 22, 2025. The company plans seven data centers on 612 acres at the Big Cedar Industrial Center, a $10 billion build that Layton Construction and The Weitz Company are delivering in phases from 2026.
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Frequently asked questions
- What is QTS Cedar Rapids?
- QTS Cedar Rapids is an AI data center project in Cedar Rapids, Iowa tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is under construction.
- Where is QTS Cedar Rapids?
- QTS Cedar Rapids is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Every tracked Iowa campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/iowa.
- Who is building QTS Cedar Rapids?
- QTS Data Centers is developing QTS Cedar Rapids.
- When will QTS Cedar Rapids come online?
- The next building at QTS Cedar Rapids is expected online November 15, 2026. That date is the first building going live, not the full build-out.
Sources
- Epoch AI Frontier Data Centers (epoch · aggregator · 2026-04-29)
- The Gazette (thegazette.com · press · 2026-05-01)
- QTS Celebrates Cedar Rapids Data Center Campus Topping Out Milestone (weitz.com · press · 2025-10-22)
- QTS Announces New, World-Class Data Center Campus in Cedar Rapids (qtsdatacenters.com · press · 2025-08-08)
- Corridor Business Journal (corridorbusiness.com · press · 2025-12-23)
- Corridor Business Journal (corridorbusiness.com · press · 2026-05-01)