Our timeline

Discover our history and growth fueled by a spirit of innovation

It’s pretty exciting, to find yourself standing in a pivotal moment in time. It’s even more exciting to be out front leading it. At QTS, our world-class data centers are supporting our customers’ most strategic growth initiatives, positioning us at the forefront of today’s dynamic digital transformation.  

2024
Opened London Office
Global expansion in Europe has led us to open our newest office in London, United Kingdom.
2024
Cambois, United Kingdom
Blackstone and QTS purchases the former Power Station Site in Cambois, near Blyth. This marks QTS's first data center site in the UK. At 252-acre, this will be the largest data center campus in the country.
2023
Reached 2GW+ Under Contract
Due to our years of unrivaled operational maturity, QTS has grown to reach 2GW+ under contract.
2023
2022
Zentrys Acquisition
QTS acquires the Netherlands-based data center management and operations company, Zentrys. Since QTS’ acquisition of two data center sites in Groningen and Eemshaven, Netherlands in 2019, Zentrys has successfully operated the sites, providing premium customer service and local market expertise. The acquisition of Zentrys further supports the breadth of QTS’ operating capability and builds a strong foundation to extend QTS’ successful U.S. growth strategy into Europe.
2022
2021
QTS + Blackstone
QTS aligns with one of Blackstone’s highest conviction themes – data proliferation – and the required investment makes it well suited as a long-term holding for its perpetual capital vehicles. Go-private with Blackstone at an enterprise value of $10B
2021
2020
QTS Wins Frost & Sullivan Global Visionary Innovation Leadership Award
The annual award, considered to be Frost & Sullivan's most prestigious, is based on extensive and ongoing analysis of the global data center infrastructure and operations industry.
2020
Hilsboro, Oregon Expansion
QTS officially opens their first Hillsboro mega data center.
QTS Partners with World Vision to Make Clean Water Accessible to Thousands of Families Globally
Under the new initiative QTS and World Vision will provide people in developing countries with clean water on behalf of QTS' customers for the life of each customer's contract.
2019
Netherlands Expansion
QTS announces global expansion following acquisition of two data centers in the Netherlands
2019
Ashburn, Virginia Expansion
Our first mega data center in the Ashburn, Virginia area was built and commissioned in 10 months.
2018
The Q at Duluth
QTS opens “The Q” to foster learning, development and leadership at the Duluth, Georgia office.
2018
2017
Fort Worth, Texas & Princeton, New Jersey
QTS purchases two new data centers located in Fort Worth, Texas and Princeton, New Jersey.
2017
Service Delivery Platform
QTS moves at full speed developing the industry's first Service Delivery Platform (SDP). SDP is a collection of innovative tools and apps that allow our customers to connect, visualize, and optimize their data center operations.
2016
New Jersey Expansion
QTS acquires the 38-acre 360,000 sq. ft. Dupont Fabros data center in Piscataway, NJ – its third data center in the New York/New Jersey market.
2016
2015
Carpathia Acquisition
QTS acquires Carpathia Hosting, a Northern Virginia data center company with a global footprint.
2015
2014
Chicago Expansion
QTS acquires the former Chicago Sun-Times printing plant and begins construction of its first data center in Chicago.
2014
2013
Sacramento, California & Irving, Texas
QTS acquires a data center in Sacramento, California and a mega data center in Irving, Texas.
2013
NYSE
QTS completes a $296M Initial Public Offering on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol NYSE: QTS.
2012
Eagle Club Established
QTS Eagle Club is established – an annual meeting that celebrates employee recognition of outstanding achievements throughout the year.
2012
2011
Santa Clara, California
QTS opens 135,000 sq. ft. Santa Clara data center.
2011
2010
Richmond, Virginia 
QTS acquires former semi-conductor facility in Richmond, VA and begins its transformation into a 1.3 million sq. ft. mega data center.
2010
Core Values
Chad Williams establishes the QTS Core Values: Character, Integrity, Trust Action, Innovation, Accountability Team-Oriented, Respect Our Customers Family, Faith and Community Volunteerism.
2009
Metro & Jersey City
The official opening of Atlanta 1 (formally Metro), a 970,000 sq. ft. mega data center facility and our Jersey City (JCY1) data center.
2009
Private Equity
General Atlantic invests $150M to support QTS growth.
2008
Miami, Florida
QTS opens 38,000 sq. ft. Miami data center.
2008
2007
Atlanta Metro
QTS completes construction of Atlanta 1 (formally Metro).
2007
2006
Purchases & Acquisitions
Quality Tech acquires Atlanta 1 (formally Metro) facility in Atlanta, the NTT facility in Jersey City, and two Globix facilities in New Jersey and Santa Clara.
2006
2005
The Beginning of QTS
QGC acquires the original E-Deltacom data center facility in Suwanee, Georgia, formally establishing Quality Technology Services (QTS).
2005