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Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park)

Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada · All 5 Apple sites

OperatingNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated August 14, 2026

Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park) is an operating data center in Sparks, Nevada (Washoe County), operated by Apple. The public record puts it at announced 2012, 1,700 acres.

Every line on this page traces to a public source listed at the bottom. Where a figure was looked for and not found, the row says so. A blank is never a zero.

Facility record

Operating

Operator
Apple
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Sparks, Washoe County, NV
Coordinates
39.5631, -119.5548 (approximate)
Power capacity
Not established from a public source
Land
1,700 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
2012
Utility
NV Energy
Power source
Solar
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Nevada data center sales and property tax abatements (Washoe County / State of Nevada), $89 million, Nevada, Washoe County, 2012
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. 2012
    Operating
    Opened December 2012 as the first data center at the Reno Technology Park; grown to four buildings + a substation across 1,700 acres per Apple's July 2024 letter in the GOED filing. Source: Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park) in Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

If you live near this site and something is happening that this page does not show, that is worth telling us. Send us the document and it goes in the record with the source attached. For sites where opposition is already established, see every contested site we track.

Power and water

Apple financed and built the Fort Churchill Solar project (Apple's first Nevada solar deal, ~20MW) and later the larger Turquoise Solar project (61MWdc, ~180 acres) sited directly inside the Reno Technology Park next to Apple's Sparks data center, connected via a shared substation developed with Apple.

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Nevada data center sales and property tax abatements (Washoe County / State of Nevada)$89 millionNevada, Washoe County2012

Notes on the record

Apple data center at 21505 Reno Technology Parkway W, Sparks, Washoe County, the first data center built at the Reno Technology Park, opened December 2012. Per Apple's July 2024 letter in a Nevada GOED tax-abatement board packet, the campus had grown to four data-center buildings plus a power substation across 1,700 acres, with 200+ staff; Apple committed to further investment (a 2024 expansion capex of ~$742M over 5 years / ~$992M over 10 years is documented in the GOED filing). No site-specific IT-load MW is disclosed. Coordinates are an address-level geocode (ArcGIS, exact-address match); a county-parcel pass could upgrade precision to exact.

What the record does not establish, and the document that would

In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.

  • Power capacity in megawatts
  • Cooling method and water use
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
Power capacity in megawatts
The utility's large load service agreement, the interconnection request in the grid operator's queue, or the electrical site plan in the permit file.
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
How the community has received it
Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park) in Sparks?

Nothing on record as of August 14, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park) in Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park)?

No lawsuit over Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park) appears in the record we track as of August 14, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.

How much water does Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park), and how big is it?

Apple is the operator on record. We hold 5 sites for that company across the registry. No capacity figure is on record for this site. The site is recorded at 1700 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park)," updated August 14, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/apple-reno-nv.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/apple-reno-nv, retrieved September 14, 2026.

Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.

Sources for this record

As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.

  1. 1.Apple Inc. Board Packet (Data Center Sales & Use Tax Abatement), July 2024, Apple's own letter: opened Dec 2012, four buildings + substation across 1,700 acres, 200+ staff · Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development · retrieved July 19, 2026
  2. 2.Apple's Reno Data Center Expansion Marches On · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved July 19, 2026
  3. 3.HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (ORNL/DOE-CESER, 2023-08 vintage) · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) / HIFLD · retrieved July 23, 2026
  4. 4.Apple, NV Energy apply for new agreement for solar facility near Reno (The Nevada Independent) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  5. 5.61-MW solar project now supplying power to Apple data center in Nevada (Solar Power World) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  6. 6.Stealthy team effort led to $89M in tax breaks, drew Apple to Reno-Sparks · Las Vegas Sun · retrieved August 14, 2026
  7. 7.Nevadans get few details into data centers receiving tax breaks, and it might be illegal · The Nevada Independent · retrieved August 14, 2026

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