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QTS Van Wert (Mega Site)

UnknownUnclassifiedCampusVan Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio
30% profile completeness
13 claims from 6 sources
Current facility power
Not yet sourced
Planned capacity
500 MW[1]
Likely
Floor area
Not yet sourced
Buildings (planned)
7[1]
Likely
Capital cost / investment
Not yet sourced
First operational
Jan 2029[1]
Likely

POWER & GRID

Time-to-power · verification · interconnection
Time to power
H2 2028 – H2 2032
Low confidencewindow, not a prediction
Project verification
Announced only
Only announcements or press coverage found.
Current stage
Announced
Furthest stage with documented evidence
Utility · ISO
Not identified · PJM
Substation: Not identified

Power reality

Announced
500 MW[1]
Reported by thevwindependent.com
Interconnection request
No record
Contracted / approved
No record
Under construction
No record
Operational
No record
  • ⚠ No grid, construction or operating record yet backs the 500 MW announced.
  • ⚠ No public interconnection record for this load — PJM does not publish large-load requests.
  • ⚠ No recorded land acquisition found.
AI evidence brief
Summarizes only the evidence on this page. Answers citing anything else are rejected automatically.
How the time-to-power window was estimated
Evidence used
  • Current stage: Announced (furthest stage with documented evidence)[1]
  • No public grid record: No interconnection request or utility contract found; adds uncertainty to the upper bound.
  • Required: 500 MW
Assumptions
  • From “Announced”, large loads have typically taken 2–5 more years to first power (editorial range; see Methodology).
  • The window is a range of plausible outcomes under these assumptions, not a forecast. It moves as new filings, queue updates or imagery arrive.
Window: H2 2028 – H2 2032

Project verification

Development
  1. AnnouncedSep 27, 2026
    News report
    • Sep 27, 2026 · Planned capacity reported: 500 MW[1]
  2. Land acquired
  3. Planning / zoning
  4. Permitting
Grid interconnection
  1. Interconnection application
  2. Feasibility study
  3. System impact study
  4. Facilities study
  5. Interconnection agreement / service contract
Build & energization
  1. Financing
  2. Under construction
  3. Energization
  4. Operational

● documented · ◌ implied by a later stage · ○ no evidence found. Dates are those of the earliest dated evidence, which can be later than when a stage actually began. Evidence classes: News report.

Grid path

  1. facility
    QTS Van Wert (Mega Site)
  2. substation
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No substation mapped within 3 km and none named in filings.
  3. transmission
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
    No transmission line mapped within 2 km.
  4. utility
    Not identified
    UnknownUnverified
  5. ISO / RTO
    PJM[2]
    Service territoryLikely
    Balancing authority: PJM
Substation capacity:
not published
Required upgrades:
not yet sourced
Congestion:
not yet sourced (no nodal price data)

Dashed boxes are based on proximity only and do not establish which asset serves the site.

Interconnection records

No interconnection-queue record is linked to this site. Of the ISOs we ingest, only NYISO publishes large-load requests; PJM, ERCOT, MISO, SPP and CAISO queues list generation only.

On-site & dedicated generation

No on-site, behind-the-meter or dedicated generation found in sources.

Location & imagery

County-level (approximate)

Location is approximate (county-level (approximate)); the marker does not identify the exact site.

Coordinates
40.85543, -84.59126
County
Van Wert County
Photographs

No openly licensed ground-level photos matched to this site yet.

Ownership, operation & customers

  1. 1. Property owner of record
    Not identified
  2. 2. Owner / developer
    Not identified
  3. 3. Operator
    QTS Data Centers[1]Likely
  4. 4. Tenant / cloud
    Not identified
  5. 5. End customer / workload
    Not identified
Power supply
Not identified

Each link is sourced separately. The property owner of record is often a special-purpose entity; the same company appearing in two roles is shown only when sources say so.

All parties with evidence
Operator
QTS Data Centers[1]Likely

“QTS Data Centers, which is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, was named as the end user of the $10 billion, 500 megawatt data center at the Mega Site”

No tenants or end users identified in our sources yet.

Power (all fields)

Planned capacity
500 MW[1]LikelyAI-extracted

“$10 billion, 500 megawatt data center”

Current facility power
Not yet sourced

Capacity figures are nameplate or contracted; annual consumption is a labeled model estimate, not metered data.

Grid & electricity

ISO / RTO
PJM[2]Likelyderived

Location falls inside this ISO/RTO footprint.

Balancing authority
PJM[3]Likelyderived

Control area of the containing utility territory.

State avg. industrial price
10.95¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Ohio statewide average, July 2026.

State avg. commercial price
14.06¢/kWh[5]Confirmed

Ohio statewide average, July 2026.

Generation within 50 km
1.33 GW[6]Confirmedderived

17 EIA-reported plants within 50 km.

Generation queued in county
2.47 GW[4]Confirmedderived

14 active generation interconnection requests in Van Wert County: Solar 1,831 MW, Solar + storage 407 MW, Storage 232 MW. Queued projects often don't get built.

Interconnection status
Not yet sourced
Contracted / committed power
Not yet sourced
Nearby infrastructureTypeDistanceVoltage / capacitySource
Blue Creek Wind Project · Avangrid Power LLCPower plant (Wind)8.8 km302 MW[6]
Robert P Mone Plant · Buckeye Power, IncPower plant (Natural Gas)14.9 km441 MW[6]
Northwest Ohio Wind · Northwest Ohio Wind, LLCPower plant (Wind)18 km105 MW[6]
Paulding Wind Farm II · Paulding Wind Farm II LLCPower plant (Wind)24.6 km99 MW[6]
Timber Road Solar Park · Timber Road Solar ParkPower plant (Solar)28.7 km50 MW[6]
Timber Road IV · Paulding Wind Farm IV LLCPower plant (Wind)32.4 km125 MW[6]
Paulding Wind Farm III · Paulding Wind Farm III LLCPower plant (Wind)32.4 km101 MW[6]
Blue Harvest Solar Park · Blue Harvest Solar Park LLCPower plant (Solar)37.4 km50 MW[6]
Largest queued generation in this countyFuelQueue statusMWSource
Blue Creek Wind FarmPJM AE1-102SolarSuspended · proposed 2024-11396 MW[4]
Blue Creek Wind FarmPJM AC2-044SolarSuspended · proposed 2024-11370 MW[4]
Maddox Creek-RP Mone 345 kVPJM AG1-410 - moved to TC1SolarIn study · proposed 2024-09300 MW[4]
Maddox Creek-RP Mone 345 kVPJM AI2-366SolarIn study · proposed 2024-09300 MW[4]
East Lima - Haviland 138 kVPJM AH1-538Solar + storageIn study · proposed 2025-03242 MW[4]
Wild Grains SolarPJM AF2-014SolarIA signed · proposed 2027-12150 MW[4]

Utility, ISO and nearby assets are derived from the site's location. Proximity to a substation or line doesn't establish the interconnection; that needs a utility filing or interconnection-queue record. Queue requests are applications, not commitments — most never reach operation.

Construction & permitting

  1. Announced
    —
  2. Land acquired
    —
  3. Permitting
    —
  4. Construction start
    —
  5. First operational
    Jan 2029[1]
  6. Expected completion
    2032[1]
Planned capacity
500 MW[1]LikelyAI-extracted

“$10 billion, 500 megawatt data center”

Buildings (planned)
7[1]LikelyAI-extracted

“will have up to seven buildings on 902 acres of land at the Mega Site”

Real estate

Official assessments
Assessor's value for a tax year

None sourced yet

Recorded transactions
Sale prices from recorded deeds

None sourced yet

Model estimates
Our model — not an appraisal

None sourced yet

Site area
902 acres[1]LikelyAI-extracted

“will have up to seven buildings on 902 acres of land at the Mega Site”

Annual property tax
Not yet sourced

No county parcel or assessor records linked yet. County records are currently ingested for Loudoun County, VA and Maricopa County, AZ.

Size

Floor area
Not yet sourced

Compute

Project
QTS data center at Mega Site[1]LikelyAI-extracted

“the $10 billion, 500 megawatt data center at the Mega Site”

What changed (last 3 years)

Follow this facility (RSS)

No tracked changes yet. Values are recorded on every data refresh, so changes will appear here over time.

Timeline

First operational: Jan 2029[1]

    All claims (provenance audit)

    13
    FieldValueSourceConfidenceAs ofStatus
    ProjectQTS data center at Mega Site[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-09-27Shown
    OperatorQTS Data Centers[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-09-27Shown
    Planned capacity500 MW[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-09-27Shown
    ISO / RTOPJMPJM INTERCONNECTION, LLC[2] derivedLikely—Shown
    Balancing authorityPJM[3] derivedLikely—Shown
    Generation queued in county2.47 GW[4] derivedConfirmed2026-09-27Shown
    State avg. industrial price10.95¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
    State avg. commercial price14.06¢/kWh[5] Confirmed2026-07Shown
    Generation within 50 km1.33 GW[6] derivedConfirmed202502Shown
    Buildings (planned)7[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-09-27Shown
    Site area902 acres[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-09-27Shown
    First operationalJan 2029[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-09-27Shown
    Expected completion2032[1] AI-extractedLikely2026-09-27Shown