Who owns QTS Atlanta Metro?

QTS Atlanta Metro is owned and operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC.

How much power does QTS Atlanta Metro use?

QTS Atlanta Metro has a reported power capacity of 240 MW.

Has QTS Atlanta Metro had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for QTS Atlanta Metro.

Where is QTS Atlanta Metro located?

QTS Atlanta Metro is in Atlanta, Fulton County, GA.

Mapped (unverified)colocation

QTS Atlanta Metro

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Georgia?

Georgia reported $474.2M in High-Technology Data Center Equipment Sales and Use Tax Exemption (O.C.G.A. § 48-8-3(68.1)) for FY2025 (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA); economic analysis by UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Atlanta, Fulton County, GA

QTS Atlanta Metro is a mapped data center in Fulton County, GA, operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented 240 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent

QTS Realty Trust, LLC

Operator

QTS Realty Trust, LLC

Power

240 MW

Utility

Georgia Power Co

Grid

SOCO

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Overview

QTS Atlanta Metro is a colocation data center in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC, which has been mapped as operational since 2014. The site reports a power capacity of 240 MW, drawing electricity from Georgia Power Co within the SOCO balancing authority.

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
QTS Realty Trust, LLC
This facility
QTS Atlanta Metro

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Georgia reported $474.2M in High-Technology Data Center Equipment Sales and Use Tax Exemption (O.C.G.A. § 48-8-3(68.1)) for FY2025 (Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts (DOAA); economic analysis by UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

Modeled estimate~5M gpd

Direct (onsite cooling)

~2.4M gpd

Indirect (its electricity)

~2.5M gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 240 MW (disclosed IT power): 2 L/kWh cooling (hot climate) + 0.55 gal/kWh embedded in SOCO grid mix. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

PM2.5

Moderate

Good

PM10

Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Atlanta), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$85.2K

People of color

72%

Below poverty

Tract population

5,811

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, City View Elementary School in Mableton, is 0.9 mi from this site (883 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.