David Robey
Co-chief executive of QTS Realty Trust.
David Robey co-leads QTS Data Centers, and joined his co-chief executive in welcoming Texas Governor Abbott's 3 August audit of the state's data-centre queue.
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Why did QTS welcome a governor's audit of its own industry?
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Welcomed Abbott's leadership and offered to help set guardrails
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Data Centres: Boom and BacklashBackground
David Robey is co-chief executive of QTS Data Centers, a Blackstone-backed data-centre operator, a role he took on alongside Tag Greason after Chad Williams stepped down.
Robey joined Greason in welcoming Governor Abbott's 3 August 2026 directive auditing every data-centre project in ERCOT's interconnection queue, framing the review as a chance to work with the state on clear industry guardrails.
As co-chief executive, Robey shares leadership of QTS's response with Greason, and the public record does not yet distinguish an individual position of his own beyond that joint welcome. His appointment followed Chad Williams's departure after two decades running the company, marking a generational change in QTS's leadership as it faces new regulatory attention in Texas.