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KIO Data Centers QRO3, Querétaro
Proposed
Mexico · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
QRO3 is a proposed next phase of KIO Data Centers' technology campus in the El Marqués Industrial Park in Querétaro, Mexico. In August 2026, around an event at which Mexico's Economy Ministry gave KIO the Hecho en México designation, KIO outlined QRO3 as an expansion of about 100 MW that would be its largest data center, with an investment of up to USD 1.3 billion through 2030. Two of the three trade reports describe the investment as under evaluation or dependent on the project going ahead, and no construction schedule has been disclosed. KIO linked the plan to demand for cloud and AI services.
Source record as of 2026-08-17 · Details and sources
Location
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Projects (1)
KIO Data Centers QRO3, Querétaro
Proposed last observed as of · Reported status
Location: El Marqués Industrial Park, Querétaro, MX. Mexico Business News places QRO3 on KIO's campus in the El Marqués Industrial Park. The point is the existing building tagged 'Centro de datos KIO QRO1 y QRO2' in the local OpenStreetMap layer (datacenters/layers/osm/features.geojson, OSM way 741133962); exactly where QRO3 would sit on or near that campus is not reported. Mexico Business News
Use: Cloud, Ai unspecified
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power capacity | about 100 MW | Planned · Phase · Unspecified · QRO3 | 2026-08-17 | Sources do not say whether this is IT or facility capacity; W.Media and Mexico Industry present it as conditional on the project going ahead. | Mexico Business News; W.Media; Mexico Industry |
| Investment | up to 1,300,000,000 USD | Reported · Phase · QRO3 | 2026-08-17 | Potential investment through 2030 that KIO was described as evaluating rather than committing. Mexico Business News (s1) gives about USD 1.3 billion and does not mention 2030. | W.Media; Mexico Industry |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIO Data Centers | Developer | Mexico Business News; W.Media; Mexico Industry |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08 | Other | Actual | KIO presented QRO3 as a project under consideration, alongside an event at which the Economy Ministry gave KIO the Hecho en México designation. Recorded as a proposal rather than a formal announcement. | Mexico Business News; W.Media; Mexico Industry |
Status is 'proposed': W.Media says KIO is considering the expansion, and Mexico Industry says KIO is evaluating the investment. Mexico Business News calls the event an announcement, but no opened source reports a formal commitment, and KIO's own release was not opened. The estimate of more than 8,100 direct and indirect jobs is tied to QRO3 by Mexico Business News but to KIO's wider 2030 strategy by Mexico Industry, so it is not a metric. W.Media says KIO's existing QRO2 building in Querétaro is a 12 MW Tier III facility; it is not part of QRO3. W.Media notes grid capacity is a constraint in Querétaro; no power arrangement for QRO3 has been reported.
Sources for these details
- KIO Plans US$1.3 Billion Data Center in Queretaro — Mexico Business News; 2026-08-14
- KIO Data Centers considering 100 MW expansion in Mexico — W.Media; 2026-08-14
- KIO Data Centers supera los 900 millones de dólares invertidos; proyecta expansión hacia 2030 — Mexico Industry; 2026-08-17
KIO's Querétaro-datelined release of August 13, 2026 says the company is evaluating a potential investment of up to USD 1.3 billion toward 2030 to develop QRO3, a project of approximately 100 MW that could become its largest data centre. In the same release KIO says it concluded phases two and three of QRO2 at its Querétaro campus, with cumulative QRO2 investment of USD 170 million, and that it will direct more than USD 200 million in 2026 to unnamed new projects in Mexico City, Monterrey and Querétaro. evidence
KIO Data Centers · published 2026-08-13
The federal Economy Ministry's transcript records Secretary Marcelo Ebrard at KIO's Querétaro data centre on August 13, 2026, presenting the Hecho en México certificate in the governor's presence and referring to a large new investment just announced by KIO's chief executive. The transcript names neither QRO3 nor a site, capacity or schedule. evidence
Secretaría de Economía, Gobierno de México · published 2026-08-13
- Companies
Source and location review
- Status source
- KIO Plans US$1.3 Billion Data Center in Queretaro evidence row
Mexico Business News · published 2026-08-14 · Trade publication - Locator
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 71 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 20.56636, -100.25672
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- Precision scope
- Mexico Business News places QRO3 on KIO's campus in the El Marqués Industrial Park. The point is the existing building tagged 'Centro de datos KIO QRO1 y QRO2' in the local OpenStreetMap layer (datacenters/layers/osm/features.geojson, OSM way 741133962); exactly where QRO3 would sit on or near that campus is not reported.
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Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIO Data Centers considering 100 MW expansion in Mexico Archived copy | W.Media Trade publication | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | W.Media | b2ab0147f5d31b845c5e33340a58e4c7011205a0259310d7ff906b126cb0807cFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| KIO Data Centers reports QRO2 phases two and three concluded and evaluates QRO3 to 2030 Archived copy | KIO Data Centers Company disclosure | Site and project identity | all-rights-reserved | KIO Data Centers | 1e0cc9ebe59e42b0c3260fd13fed555c0fbd2a9f52c5db25319a95ed9e510bedRetained source material; see source provenance | ||
| KIO Data Centers supera los 900 millones de dólares invertidos; proyecta expansión hacia 2030 Archived copy | Mexico Industry Trade publication | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Investment, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Mexico Industry | a53d9d4f4f88f4916299c4c1c4fa8defb18bfa71365ba06be51d26df37d874ddFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| KIO Plans US$1.3 Billion Data Center in Queretaro Archived copy | Mexico Business News Trade publication | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Power Capacity, Milestone: Other, Role: Developer | source-terms-not-recorded | Mexico Business News | 73bdfb906685bd78e9c09e22ea6770527c3593b6577889aa0b258d36ed4df783Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Secretaría de Economía transcript of Secretary Ebrard at KIO Querétaro Archived copy | Secretaría de Economía, Gobierno de México Government record | Site and project identity | all-rights-reserved | Secretaría de Economía, Gobierno de México | cf84252652dc23a07a2460f78899c01e2a8e669d2dd0292553323eb45b843c95Retained source material; see source provenance |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). KIO Data Centers QRO3, Querétaro [site vcc-site-8626707eb0091306e3b9]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-8626707eb0091306e3b9/
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