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Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus)

McCarran, Storey County, Nevada · All 18 Switch sites

OperatingNo reception on recordAI likelyRecord updated August 16, 2026

Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus) is an operating data center in McCarran, Nevada (Storey County), operated by Switch. The public record puts it at 650 MW planned.

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 likely
Location
1 Superloop Circle, McCarran, Storey County, NV, 89434
Coordinates
39.5141, -119.4755
Power capacity
130 MW operating; 650 MW planned
Land
Not established from a public source
Investment
Not established from a public source
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
NV Energy
Power source
Solar
On site generation
130 MW
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
Not established from a public source
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
No reception on record
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Opposition and litigation at this site

Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus) in McCarran, Storey 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

Tahoe Reno 1, the flagship building of the Citadel Campus, opened citing up to 130MW of renewable power.

Notes on the record

Citadel Campus, 1 Superloop Circle, McCarran NV 89434, Storey County. Press (PRNewswire/DCD) cites e-commerce/semiconductor + AI/HPC clients at the campus.

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.

  • Cooling method and water use
  • Tax abatements or other public subsidy
  • Permanent jobs promised
  • Land area
  • How the community has received it
Which document closes each gap
Cooling method and water use
The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
Tax abatements or other public subsidy
The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
Permanent jobs promised
The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
Land area
The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
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 Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus) in McCarran?

Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus) in McCarran, Storey 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 Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus)?

No lawsuit over Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus) appears in the record we track as of August 16, 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 Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus) use?

No water withdrawal figure for Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus) 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 Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The 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.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Switch Tahoe Reno 1 (The Citadel Campus)," updated August 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/switch-tahoe-reno-1-the-citadel-campus-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-tahoe-reno-1-the-citadel-campus-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 facility directory · Switch · retrieved July 22, 2026
  2. 2.OpenStreetMap way/1116775094 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved July 22, 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.Switch TAHOE RENO Now Open press release (130MW renewable figure for TR1) · retrieved July 24, 2026
  5. 5.Switch/Capital Dynamics groundbreaking release · retrieved July 24, 2026
  6. 6.Switch TAHOE RENO Now Open press release (130MW renewable figure for TR1) · retrieved August 16, 2026

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