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QTS Van Wert Data Center Campus

Van Wert, Van Wert County, OH[1]Developer: QTS Data Centers[1][4]

Also known as Van Wert Mega Site data center

Approved[3][4]Van Wert City Council passed three annexation and rezoning ordinances 6-0, per WANE; QTS announced on May 29, 2026 that it had acquired the project.
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

QTS plans a seven-building data center campus on 902 acres of a roughly 1,500-acre megasite in northwest Van Wert, Ohio, with up to $10 billion of investment, per QTS. Thor Equities bought part of the site in late 2025; QTS acquired it in May 2026. QTS does not publish a power figure and says the building phase would take 5 to 6 years.

Stated investment
$10 billion[1]
"up to $10 billion", per QTS
Site size
902 acres[1]
planned campus, per QTS

Key facts

Size & schedule

Site size902 acres [1]
planned campus, per QTS
Buildings7 [1]
planned data center buildings
Stated investment$10 billion [1]
"up to $10 billion", per QTS
Permanent jobs (promised)200 [1]
up to 200 full-time QTS positions, depending on final design
Construction jobs1,500 [1]
more than 1,500 over a 5-6 year build, per QTS

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Not disclosed. No capacity or power-supply figure is on the record.

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Timeline

  1. Council approves three ordinances to annex and rezone the site, 6-0 (WANE page shows no date) [3]

  2. Van Wert City Council holds a public hearing on a proposed $10 billion data center on the megasite that Thor Equities bought part of in late 2025 [2]

  3. City leaders announce that QTS has acquired the proposed $10 billion project [4]

Issues raised

  • Residents at the May 4 hearing raised environmental effects and asked whether the community impact had been studied enough [2]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. QTS Data Center Campus, Van Wert, Ohio
    QTS Data Centers · May 29, 2026 · company
  2. Van Wert leaders hold public hearing on potential $10B data center
    21Alive News · May 5, 2026 · news
  3. Van Wert City Council approves rezoning of $10B data center site
    WANE · May 2026 · news
  4. QTS acquires Van Wert’s proposed $10B data center project
    21Alive News · May 29, 2026 · news

Cite this page

Last updated Nov 6, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). QTS Van Wert Data Center Campus. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-van-wert-oh
MLA“QTS Van Wert Data Center Campus.” Data Center Census, Nov 6, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-van-wert-oh.
Linkhttps://datacentercensus.com/dc/qts-van-wert-oh

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