Data center construction activity continues expanding across the Southeast as cloud computing and artificial intelligence demand drive investment in large-scale digital infrastructure. Gilbane has reached a structural milestone on QTS’s data center campus in York, South Carolina, with completion of steel erection for the first building in the project’s initial phase.
The development is part of a larger multi-building campus designed to support high-capacity digital operations and long-term technology infrastructure growth.
The planned QTS campus is expected to include nine buildings as development progresses through future phases.
Gilbane is serving as builder for the project and is overseeing construction activities tied to the campus expansion in York County. The first completed structural steel phase marks a key step in the ongoing delivery of the facility.
Project plans include implementation of closed-loop cooling technology intended to reduce potable water use within campus operations. Water efficiency and energy infrastructure have become increasingly significant considerations for hyperscale and enterprise data center developments because of growing utility demands associated with high-density computing environments.
Construction activities on the campus remain underway.
Developers and contractors continue expanding data center capacity throughout the Carolinas and other Southeastern markets as technology firms seek additional infrastructure supporting cloud services, AI workloads and enterprise computing operations.
Large-scale data center campuses typically require substantial civil infrastructure, utility coordination and mission-critical construction expertise because of the technical requirements associated with power systems, cooling operations and operational redundancy.
South Carolina has emerged as an active market for industrial and technology-related construction projects because of available land, utility access and regional infrastructure investment.
For contractors, developers and infrastructure owners, the York campus reflects sustained demand for mission-critical construction tied to cloud computing and artificial intelligence growth.
The project also highlights the increasing scale of data center developments across regional markets, creating opportunities for structural steel contractors, utility providers, mechanical trades and specialized infrastructure firms involved in technically complex digital facility construction.
Source: Gilbane.
