QTS Richmond Data Center
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
Overview
source: linkVirginia data center with an issued DEQ diesel-generator air permit (mNSR).
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentQTS Realty Trust, LLC
- Files asQTS Realty Trust, LLC
- This facilityQTS Richmond Data Center
In the news
source: Google News- More than 4M square feet of data centers coming to LancasterThe Business Journals· Aug 21, 2026
- AI Data Center Financing Costs Surge as Blackstone's QTS Bond Prices at 7.2% Yieldfinance.biggo.com· Aug 18, 2026
- Blackstone-Backed QTS Kicks Off Data-Center Bond at Hefty CostBloomberg.com· Aug 18, 2026
- QTS Expands AI Loan to $3.25 Billion, Drops $1 Billion Bond SaleTradingView· Jul 16, 2026
- Blackstone-Owned Data Center Operator Secures $3.25B Loan as AI Infrastructure Spending SurgesBriefs Finance· Jul 15, 2026
- AI Push to M&A-Starved Loans Gains Fuel With Supersized QTS DealBloomberg.com· Jul 15, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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.
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.
Water use
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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Environmental permits
source: Permit register- VA DEQ air permit (minor NSR)51232Diesel 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.