Undisclosed · Cedar Rapids, Iowa

QTS Cedar Rapids

1.6GW projected

The power of 1.3 million US homes, once built.

Under construction. Projected to draw 1.6 GW by Nov 2027.

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Power over time

facility power · 6 milestones
Every milestone
  1. 17 Jan 2025 — Land clearing begins for Building 1-3.
  2. 27 Oct 2025 — Building 1 roof complete, with air-cooled chillers in place. Building 2 and 3 roofs are partly completed. Building 4 and 5 have a foundation.
  3. 16 Apr 2026 — Based on satellite imagery, the Buildings 1-3 shells look complete. Buildings 4-6 are far along, with roofs largely in place, while the eastern Building 7 foundation is well underway. No buildings operational yet.
  4. 7 May 2026 — Similar to April, Buildings 1-3 shells look complete. Buildings 4-6 are still far along, and the eastern Building 7 foundation is still underway.
  5. 15 Nov 2026 · projected 627 MW Buildings 1-3 are operational. Based on the expected completion date reported by local news: “A QTS spokesperson said in July [2025] that the first phase of the project was expected to be completed in late 2026."
  6. 15 Nov 2027 · projected 1.6 GW Buildings 4-7 are operational. Based on the expected completion date reported by local news: “A QTS spokesperson said in July [2025] that [...] The second phase is expected to be completed in late 2027."

Every step Epoch planned here on 2 Sep 2026 is still on plan. Planned against reached

Gas made 37% of the power on this site's grid

net generation by fuel · Oct 2025 to Sep 2026

Midcontinent Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. MISO · balancing authority

  1. Gas 37%
  2. Coal 26%
  3. Nuclear 14%
  4. Wind 15%
  5. Solar 6%
  6. Hydro 1%
  7. Other 1%

The grid of the utilities that serve Linn County, IA. Each grid is a balancing authority. Generation only; imports are excluded. Every grid behind an AI site.

Owners plan 100 MW of new power in Linn County, all solar

power plants in Linn County · EIA-860M, September 2026
  1. Coggon Solar LLC Solar · 100 MW · Dec 2027 · being built · Clenera DevCo LLC

In service in Linn County today: 742 MW. Since January 2023: 210 MW added, 18 MW retired. A plant in the same county does not mean it feeds the site. Power plants near every AI site.

Sources

selected by Epoch AI
  1. MISO new load announcements
  2. Article by The Gazette
  3. Article by Corridor Business Journal
  4. Post by GLD Commercial

Data: Epoch AI, “AI data centers”, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 22 Oct 2026. Facility power adds cooling and other overhead to the IT power the servers draw. Placed at the centre of Cedar Rapids. Grid: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor (Form EIA-930), public domain, retrieved 16 Oct 2026; utilities by county from Form EIA-861 and the U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, public domain. Power plants: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-860M, public domain, inventory as of September 2026. All sources.