Blackstone & QTS to spend $8bn building new data centers, as investor prepares for “once in a generation” AI boom
Has already spent $1bn on buying land for AI land grab
News - QTS Realty Trust
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QTS buys 400 acres in York County, South Carolina
QTS likely behind ‘Project Cobra’
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QTS Realty gets $800m data center refinancing deal
Blackstone-owned company refinances four data centers
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QTS confirmed as behind 250MW data center mega-project in Fayetteville, Georgia
Latest large-scale development the company is involved with
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QTS plans 1.5m sq ft expansion at Henrico, Virginia, campus, and Denver build out
After buying land in Arizona and the Netherlands
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QTS purchases site in Phoenix for $255m, land in the Netherlands for $9m
Gets 400 acres in Arizona, on top of existing 85 acre data center campus
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QTS files to expand Richmond data center in Virginia
Company looking to add 80-acre development to Henrico County facility
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QTS files to expand Fort Worth data center in Texas
Company looking to add second floor to existing building and add second adjacent building
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QTS signs 350MW solar PPA in Georgia
Company says new announcement will take it to 90 percent renewable energy, with plans underway to reach 100 percent by 2025
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QTS files for permission to expand Piscataway data center in New Jersey
Blackstone-owned company files to add two-story building totaling 90,000 sq ft
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Facebook to take up to 250MW in QTS’ Hillsboro campus in Oregon
Social network expanding beyond its own Prineville campus in the state, though QTS needs to source the renewable energy it desires first
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Blackstone closes $10bn acquisition of QTS
2021’s biggest data center deal now complete
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QTS shareholders approve $10bn Blackstone acquisition, transaction due to complete by end of August
Deal to close in coming days and take QTS private after nine years as a public company
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QTS ‘go-shop’ period ends, Blackstone acquisition remains on track
Data center firm couldn’t find an alternative bid during 40 day period
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Confirmed: Blackstone to buy QTS for $10 billion
WSJ reports the deal is set to be officially announced soon
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Four more QTS data centers now sourcing renewable energy
Company now has eight facilities sourcing renewables to power operations
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QTS Realty Trust opens 72MW Atlanta facility, DC2
The new data center joins a 200MW sibling facility nearby
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QTS opens Phase 1 of its 250MW Hillsboro Oregon data center campus
4.5MW switched on in the first of five buildings
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QTS's legal head Shirley Goza to step down
Matt N. Thomson Jr hired to take over
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A small number of QTS customers have asked for payment relief
Due to the Covid-19 economic downturn
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QTS breaks ground on 27MW Oregon campus, could scale to 250MW
Expanding in Hillsboro
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Microsoft, AWS, Equinix, QTS & more criticize Dominion's fossil fuel plans in Virginia
Data Center Alley giants don't want the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, they want renewables
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QTS buys two facilities in the Netherlands for $44 million
And it's going to cost them another $15 million to recommission the data centers
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Citi to provide renewable energy for QTS data center in Irving, Texas
Deal will supply the facility with wind power for the next 10 years
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QTS announces 140MW data center campus in Ashburn, Virginia
Plus the company has bought land in Arizona and Oregon
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QTS close to buying 281 acres in Loudoun, Northern Virginia
That’s a lot of land for a lot of data centers
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QTS to expand Las Colinas, Texas data center
The former chip plant was converted into a data center in 2014
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QTS announces 2MW 'HyperBlocks,' installs one at its Irving data center
Has been installing them for the last year and a half