Data Center Campus
QTS: Phoenix 2 Campus
Campus at a Glance
QTS Phoenix 2 is a five-building data center campus on North 40th Street in east Phoenix, Arizona, northeast of Sky Harbor International Airport. QTS lists it as an 80-acre campus (Baxtel carries 84 acres on DC1).
The five individual data centers, PHX2 DC1 through DC5, sit in a row along N 40th Street at 1200, 1250, 1400, 1450 and 1500 N 40th Street. DC1 is a three-story building; the later buildings are two stories. QTS broke ground on DC5 in 2023.
The buildings share a redundant campus fiber conduit system with express fiber to each building. QTS positions the campus for rapid, large-scale deployments.
Buildings
Sites on this Campus
| Site | Operator | Status | Operational | Building Size | Built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTS: PHX2 DC1 | QTS Data Centers |
Operational
|
░░░░ Request Dataset MW | 337,334 SqFt | 2023 |
| QTS: PHX2 DC2 | QTS Data Centers |
Operational
|
░░░░ Request Dataset MW | 290,000 SqFt | 2024 |
| QTS: PHX2 DC3 | QTS Data Centers |
Operational
|
░░░░ Request Dataset MW | 290,000 SqFt | 2024 |
| QTS: PHX2 DC4 | QTS Data Centers |
Operational
|
░░░░ Request Dataset MW | 280,000 SqFt | 2024 |
| QTS: PHX2 DC5 | QTS Data Centers |
Operational
|
░░░░ Request Dataset MW | 290,000 SqFt | 2024 |
Map and Nearby Locations
QTS: Phoenix 2 Campus Power Growth Over Time
Campus Photos
Operating Company
QTS Data Centers is a privately held data center company owned by funds managed by Blackstone, with corporate headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas. It provides colocation, custom data center and managed services, along with carrier-neutral connectivity across its platform.
QTS operates sites in the United States and in the Netherlands. The company expanded its footprint with acquisitions in Chicago and Princeton in 2014, added government and managed hosting capabilities with the Carpathia acquisition in 2015, and entered the Netherlands market in 2019. QTS became a public company in 2013 and was taken private in 2021.
History:
- On August 31, 2021 funds managed by Blackstone completed the acquisition of QTS Realty Trust.
- April 30, 2019: Acquired two operating data centers in Groningen and Eemshaven, Netherlands, for approximately $44 million.
- June 2015: QTS acquires Carpathis Hosting for $326 million. The transaction increases QTS's ability to serve IaaS and Government clients. Additionally the transaction provides a number of deployments within Equinix facilities.
- July 8, 2014: Acquired the former Chicago Sun-Times printing plant for conversion to a data center.
- June 30, 2014: Acquired the Princeton, New Jersey data center from McGraw Hill Financial.
- 2013: Went public (IPO) and started trading under the symbol QTS on the NYSE.
- 2010 Acquired their Richmond facility
- 2005 QTS acquired Atlanta Suwanee data center
- 2003: Company acquired its first data center in Overland Park, KS
- 2003: QTS was founded by Chad Williams with its first data center in Overland Park in Kansas
