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Switch CITADEL Campus

McCarran, Storey County, Nevada · All 18 Switch sites

OperatingSupportedAI mixed useRecord updated September 11, 2026

Switch CITADEL Campus is an operating data center in McCarran, Nevada (Storey County), operated by Switch. The public record puts it at announced 2017, 650 MW planned, 2,000 acres. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.

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
Switch
Facility type
Data center, AI use mixed
Location
1 Superloop Circle, McCarran, Storey County, NV, 89434
Coordinates
39.6183, -119.3732
Power capacity
250 MW operating; 650 MW planned
Land
2,000 acres
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
2017
Utility
NV Energy (grid interconnect)
Power source
Solar
Cooling
Closed loop
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Nevada data-center tax abatements (NRS 360.754) via the Governor's Office of Economic Development, sales/use tax reduced to ~2% and a 75% property-tax abatement for up to 20 years (Switch-specific totals not publicly itemized), Nevada (GOED), 2015
Community reception
Supported
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. 2019
    Operating
    Located in Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC); expanding toward 650 MW campus Source: Switch
  2. 2017
    Under construction
    Status change recorded. Source: Switch

Opposition and litigation at this site

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Switch CITADEL Campus in McCarran, Storey County, Nevada, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 11, 2026. Located in the purpose-built Tahoe Reno Industrial Center.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.

Located in the purpose-built Tahoe Reno Industrial Center. Storey County officials are broadly supportive (abatements 'bring in revenue for the county and the state'), though USA Parkway traffic rose 382% (2013 to 2022) and in 2025 the county recommended the state revisit its abatement-award process.

Source: The Nevada Independent

Power and water

100% renewable since January 2016 via dedicated solar, Switch Station 1 & 2 (179 MW) and a 555 MW Nevada solar project (a reported 127 MW behind-the-meter at Citadel); Switch exited NV Energy's standard supply in 2016 ($27M exit fee). The campus is designed for up to 650 MW at about 4.9¢/kWh.

Uses reclaimed water via a ~16-mile pipeline (4,000 acre-feet/year capacity) from the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility; Switch's water-reuse approach eliminates cooling chemicals. No facility-specific consumption is disclosed (the pipeline serves all Tahoe Reno Industrial Center tenants).

Public money on the record

ProgramAmountGranted byYear
Nevada data-center tax abatements (NRS 360.754) via the Governor's Office of Economic Development, sales/use tax reduced to ~2% and a 75% property-tax abatement for up to 20 years (Switch-specific totals not publicly itemized)Not establishedNevada (GOED)2015

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.

  • Permanent jobs promised
Which document closes each gap
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.

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 Switch CITADEL Campus in McCarran?

Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Switch CITADEL Campus in McCarran, Storey County, Nevada, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of September 11, 2026. Located in the purpose-built Tahoe Reno Industrial Center.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Switch CITADEL Campus?

No lawsuit over Switch CITADEL Campus appears in the record we track as of September 11, 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 Switch CITADEL Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Switch CITADEL Campus is on record here. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.

Who operates Switch CITADEL Campus, and how big is it?

Switch is the operator on record. We hold 18 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 650 MW. The site is recorded at 2000 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Switch CITADEL Campus," updated September 11, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/switch-citadel-storey-county-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/switch-citadel-storey-county-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.Switch CITADEL Campus, Switch.com · Switch · retrieved July 5, 2026
  2. 2.Switch unveils 650 MW campus in Reno, Nevada, Data Center Knowledge · Data Center Knowledge · retrieved July 5, 2026 · original offline, no archived copy found
  3. 3.Switch TAHOE RENO Now Open, largest, most advanced data-center campus in the world · Switch · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Have data center tax breaks helped Nevada's economy?, The Nevada Independent · The Nevada Independent · retrieved July 6, 2026
  5. 5.Switch Will Support Reno Data Center Campus with Reclaimed Water, Data Center Frontier · Data Center Frontier · retrieved July 6, 2026
  6. 6.Switch TAHOE RENO Now Open: Largest, Most Advanced Data Center Campus in the World · PR Newswire (Switch) · retrieved August 14, 2026
  7. 7.NDEP Class I Air Quality Operating Permit to Construct AP7375-3672 issued to Switch, Ltd. - physical address 1 Superloop Circle, McCarran NV 89434, HA 83 Tracy Segment / Storey County · Nevada Division of Environmental Protection · retrieved September 11, 2026
  8. 8.PeeringDB facility registry (Nevada) - Switch Tahoe Reno, org Switch, Ltd., 1 Superloop Circle, McCarran 89434 · PeeringDB · retrieved September 11, 2026

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