id: qts-aurora
name: QTS Aurora-Denver campus
operator: qts
status: under-construction
location:
  country: US
  state: CO
  county: Arapahoe
  locality: Aurora
  address: 1160 N. Gun Club Road
metrics:
  capacity_mw: 177
  capacity_mw_basis: unspecified
  buildings: 4
  investment_usd: 1000000000
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://coloradosun.com/2025/08/18/colorado-xcel-data-center-demand-spending/
    title: "Colorado Xcel data center demand spending"
    publisher: The Colorado Sun
    date: "2025-08-18"
    note: "Single source for all attributes on this site."
signals:
  - sig-20260706-qts-aurora-acres
  - sig-20260706-qts-aurora-buildings
  - sig-20260706-qts-aurora-investment
  - sig-20260706-qts-aurora-mw
  - sig-20260706-qts-aurora-operator
  - sig-20260706-qts-aurora-status
notes: >
  All attributes trace to a single source (The Colorado Sun, 2025-08-18), so
  aggregate confidence is medium despite internal consistency; no independent
  corroboration.

  land_acres omitted as a plain metric: the source gives a range ("~65-67 acres")
  rather than a single figure, and picking or averaging a value would invent
  precision the source does not carry (KB-0002). Recorded here instead: land is
  reported as approximately 65-67 acres.

  investment_usd sourced as "$1 billion+"; recorded as 1000000000 as a stated
  floor — actual figure may be higher.

  capacity_mw sourced as 177 MW, described as "projected to become Colorado's
  largest single electric load"; the source does not specify IT-load vs
  utility-load basis, so capacity_mw_basis is unspecified (the "electric load"
  framing hints at utility/grid load but is not definitive).