QTS Suwanee Data Center 1
300 Satellite Boulevard Northwest · Gwinnett County, GA
Source: OpenStreetMap
QTS Suwanee Data Center 1 is an operating data center in Gwinnett County, GA, operated by QTS Realty Trust, LLC. DataCentersExposed has documented 26 MW of reported power capacity and a 310,488 sq ft footprint at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkQTS Suwanee Data Center 1 is an operating colocation facility in Gwinnett County, Georgia, run by QTS Realty Trust, LLC, the operating arm of Quality Technology Services. The site spans 310,488 square feet and draws power from Georgia Power Co within the SOCO balancing authority.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentQTS Realty Trust, LLC
- Files asQTS Realty Trust, LLC
- This facilityQTS Suwanee Data Center 1
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
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.
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.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Gainesville), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.
Who lives nearby
source: Census ACS 2023Demographics 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 / NCESThe nearest public school, Burnette Elementary School in Suwanee, is 0.3 mi from this site (721 students). 2 public schools sit within a mile of the site.
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.