CENTRA RNO2 (Keystone Data Center)

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. June 2026

   Under construction
   Building permit issued after the 2025-09-11 geotechnical approval; more than 30 soils/compaction inspections during footing work, extended-hours concrete pours approved for May and June 2026, and the final setback/soil/compaction letter approved in June 2026. Source: City of Reno
2. January 15, 2025

   Permitted
   Conditional use permit approved by the Reno Planning Commission; no appeals were filed. Source: City of Reno

Opposition and litigation at this site

Yes. CENTRA RNO2 (Keystone Data Center) in Reno, Washoe County, Nevada is contested. Hearings, public comment, petitions, or organized opposition are on record, and no lawsuit has been filed so far. The City of Reno published a standing FAQ for this project specifically because of 'increased public inquiries', covering noise, construction hours, notification, generator emissions and power-demand growth.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: contested means active public debate is on record, with hearings, petitions, or organized opposition, without litigation.

The City of Reno published a standing FAQ for this project specifically because of 'increased public inquiries', covering noise, construction hours, notification, generator emissions and power-demand growth. Conditions of approval require a 15-ft acoustically absorptive barrier around all rooftop chillers to hold equipment noise to ~43 dBA at the property line against a 53 dBA nighttime ambient.

Source: City of Reno

Power and water

City of Reno's project FAQ describes rooftop chillers and a glycol-based cooling circuit (propylene glycol, with ethylene glycol in some designs), i.e. a recirculating circuit rejecting heat to air rather than an evaporative tower. TMRPA puts the site at roughly 0.29 acre-feet per MW; Nevada LCB puts expected use at approximately 651,000 gallons a year. A cooling-system change was reviewed at building-permit stage with TMWA confirming no significant increase in water demand.

Notes on the record

CENTRA's own facility page advertises 4.4 MW available in Q4 2026, liquid-cooling-enabled to 150 kW per cabinet, air-cooled chillers and a target PUE of 1.35 or better. Capacity figures in circulation conflict (3 MW ramping to 6.67 MW as presented to the Planning Commission in January 2025, versus 12 MW advertised later), so no capacityMw value is asserted here. Site is split-zoned Industrial/General Commercial and not adjacent to residentially zoned land, which is why Reno's residential property-line noise standard does not apply.

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.

• CENTRA RNO1 (200 South Virginia) · Reno · CENTRA Digital Interconnectunder 1 mile · Operating
• Roller Network Reno Data Center · Reno · Roller Network LLC5 mi · Operating
• Connect Reno Data Center (Oppidan North Valleys) · Reno · Connect Data Centers (Oppidan Investment Company)6 mi · Permitted · 5 MW
• Tract Virginia Highlands Technology Park · Lockwood · Tract10 mi · Proposed · 2.5 GW
• Vantage Data Centers NV1 · McCarran · Vantage Data Centers13 mi · Under construction · 224 MW · Supported
• Apple Reno Data Center (Reno Technology Park) · Sparks · Apple15 mi · Operating
• Google Data Center · Google17 mi · Operating
• Peru Shelf Technology Park · Tract18 mi · Under construction · 810 MW

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