Karen DiMaggio

Karen DiMaggio serves as Vice President of External Affairs at QTS, where she leads the company’s national strategy for stakeholder engagement, community partnerships, workforce development, and local relationship management across one of the fastest-growing data center platforms in the world. In this role, she helps communities understand, engage with, and benefit from QTS’s investments while building trusted relationships with local stakeholders throughout the development and operational lifecycle of its data centers.

Karen began her career in commercial real estate operations before joining Meta in 2018, where she held leadership roles supporting the expansion of the company’s global data center portfolio. Since joining QTS, Karen has helped shape the company’s approach to community engagement across North America, building the Community Engagement and Economic Development functions and establishing the strategy, processes, performance measures, and stakeholder-engagement framework that guide its work nationwide.

Karen focuses on creating long-term value for QTS and the communities it serves through transparent communication, strategic partnerships, and programs supporting economic growth, education, workforce development, and community well-being. She works closely with elected officials, economic development organizations, educational institutions, nonprofit leaders, and community stakeholders to align QTS investments with local priorities and maximize positive community impact.