Data Center Registry
Switch: The Rock (Round Rock)
Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas · All 18 Switch sites
Switch: The Rock (Round Rock) is a data center under construction in Round Rock, Texas (Williamson County), operated by Switch. The public record puts it at 185 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
Under construction
- Operator
- Switch
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use likely
- Location
- Round Rock, Williamson County, TX
- Coordinates
- 30.4880, -97.6725
- Power capacity
- 185 MW planned
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Oncor
- Power source
- Grid
- 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: The Rock (Round Rock) in Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas 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.
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Power and water
Switch markets a fleet-wide '100% renewable energy' commitment that press coverage repeats for The Rock, but no Texas-specific solar/wind PPA or on-site generation project was found (unlike Nevada's named Switch Station 1&2 / Gigawatt Nevada projects).
Notes on the record
Land purchase from Dell + rezoning approved per DCD and Round Rock city government release; project is Switch's 5th 'Prime' campus, not yet reported as fully operational. AI/HPC (likely): The Rock: exascale data center campus for hyperscale/high-density.
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.
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Our reporting on this site
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Switch: The Rock (Round Rock) data center in Round Rock?
Nothing on record as of August 16, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Switch: The Rock (Round Rock) in Round Rock, Williamson County, Texas 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: The Rock (Round Rock) data center?
No lawsuit over Switch: The Rock (Round Rock) 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: The Rock (Round Rock) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Switch: The Rock (Round Rock) 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: The Rock (Round Rock), 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 185 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Switch: The Rock (Round Rock)," updated August 16, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/switch-the-rock-round-rock-tx.
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-the-rock-round-rock-tx, 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.Switch facility directory · Switch · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 2.OpenStreetMap way/1493169641 · OpenStreetMap · retrieved July 22, 2026
- 3.Switch AI/HPC, The Rock: exascale data center campus for hyperscale/high-density · switch.com · retrieved July 23, 2026
- 4.Community Impact: ERCOT/Oncor grid capacity for Round Rock data centers · retrieved July 24, 2026
- 5.Switch sustainable data center design page (confirms 179MW renewable claim is Nevada-only, silent on TX) · retrieved July 24, 2026
- 6.Switch AI/HPC, The Rock: exascale data center campus for hyperscale/high-density · switch.com · retrieved August 16, 2026
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