The QTS Difference
Reliable, affordable energy is essential to thriving communities. That’s why QTS takes responsibility for the energy required to power our data centers – so our presence supports local infrastructure without adding costs for residents.
QTS will fund our data centers’ energy needs, so that costs related to our projects are not pushed onto ratepayers. We coordinate early with utility companies and secure long-term power agreements. Through partnering with utilities, QTS helps build out infrastructure without raising power costs for the community, and we work to ensure supportive grid planning and sufficient power capacity.
We prioritize carbon-free, renewable energy, and together with Blackstone, we plan to build more power generation capacity than QTS data centers use.
As energy needs evolve, communities are modernizing aging grids to improve reliability for homes, hospitals and businesses. In many cases, the investment in upgrading a grid is passed on to residents. In partnership with local utilities, QTS pays for any upgrade or specific improvement to the grid needed to serve our data centers – investments that often improve reliability for the broader community as well.
In Cedar Rapids, Alliant Energy has built and continues to maintain a secure, resilient electric grid that supports major developments such as QTS’s data center campus. This reliable infrastructure not only enables large-scale projects but also helps Alliant Energy keep electricity rates flat for customers over the next five years, supporting continued growth across the community.
Long-term, predictable demand from large energy load users like QTS can support more efficient grid planning, which may help moderate costs over time.
QTS is focused on a long-term path to accessing clean energy, with the aspiration of a clean energy future. We aspire to source the maximum amount of carbon-free energy.
In 2024, QTS achieved full utilization of carbon-free operational electricity across our facilities. Our strategic investments in land, power and critical equipment prioritize access to increasingly clean energy to remain ahead of projected demand.
QTS partnered with Avangrid to bring clean energy to Oregon. In collaboration with Meta, QTS helped enable the 120 megawatts Tower Solar project in Morrow County through Portland General Electric’s Green Future Impact program. This carbon-free energy will power QTS’s upcoming Oregon data center campus, supporting Meta’s 100% renewable energy goals and reinforcing our commitment to sustainable innovation.
QTS has several long-term power purchase agreements with Georgia Power, totaling nearly 400 MW of solar energy projects, and multiple wind energy projects in Texas.
Through a renewable energy agreement with Georgia Power, QTS has brought new solar projects online in Georgia, adding an additional 42 MW of clean electricity to the grid.
QTS is exploring on-site power generation solutions that are aimed at reducing demand on the grid.
We’re also evaluating cleaner energy technologies – including fuel cells, geothermal, small modular reactors (SMRs) and advanced energy storage – to help lower our carbon footprint.
QTS is a leader in environmental stewardship in the data center industry. We partner with energy leaders to solve complex industry constraints and challenges and help support corporate sustainability practices.
QTS participates in several sustainability programs and partnerships that help distinguish us from other data center providers.
Through the EPA’s Green Power Partnership, QTS ranks among the Top 50 green power users in the U.S., with more than 437 million kWh of annual green power use – 22% of our total electricity consumption.
As a member of the Clean Energy Buyers Alliance (CEBA), QTS advocates for affordable, carbon-free energy nationwide and contributes to CEBA working groups focused on industry messaging and data center-related policy. Our Sustainability Director also serves on CEBA’s Advisory Board, helping shape the future of clean energy procurement.
