Who owns QTS Richmond Data Center?

QTS Richmond Data Center is owned and operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC.

How much power does QTS Richmond Data Center use?

QTS Richmond Data Center has a reported power capacity of 854 MW.

Has QTS Richmond Data Center had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for QTS Richmond Data Center.

Where is QTS Richmond Data Center located?

QTS Richmond Data Center is in mNSR Henrico County County, VA.

Operating

QTS Richmond Data Center

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

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

mNSR Henrico County County, VA

Source: Primary source

QTS Richmond Data Center is an operating data center in mNSR Henrico County County, VA, operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented 854 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 13, 2026

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Real parent

QTS Realty Trust, LLC

Operator

QTS Realty Trust, LLC

Power

854 MW

Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source

Overview

source: link

Virginia data center with an issued DEQ diesel-generator air permit (mNSR).

Operator chain

Ultimate parent
QTS Realty Trust, LLC
Files as
QTS Realty Trust, LLC
This facility
QTS Richmond Data Center

Known aliases: QTS Richmond

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

Virginia reported $1B in Data Center Retail Sales and Use Tax Exemption (Va. Code § 58.1-609.3(18)) for FY2024 (Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) / Weldon Cooper Center). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

Modeled estimate~15.2M gpd

Direct (onsite cooling)

~7.8M gpd

Indirect (its electricity)

~7.4M gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 854 MW (disclosed IT power): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. 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.

Environmental permits

source: Permit register

VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)51232
Diesel backup-generator air permit. Program: mNSR. Reg. 51232.

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.