Data center construction reshapes Cedar Rapids housing market
News Clipthegazette.com·Cedar Rapids, Linn County, IA·3/8/2026
Two major data center construction projects by QTS and Google in Cedar Rapids, Iowa are reshaping the local housing market. Thousands of construction workers have flooded the area, creating a strain on rental housing supply. The city has commissioned a housing study to understand the impacts.
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Thousands of data center campus construction workers are in Cedar Rapids. They need places to live while here — and are reshaping the city’s housing market. A QTS data center worker is photographed at the data center campus currently under construction in southwest Cedar Rapids. The $1.75 billion p