Data centers
In 2008, the company opened SUPERNAP 7, a 515047 sqft facility, its seventh data center.[1] In 2017, LAS VEGAS 10 opened adding approximately 350,000 sqft of data center space.[18][19] The Core Campus located in Las Vegas consists of eleven operating data centers spanning over 2 e6sqft. At completion of construction, The Core Campus will measure more than 2.3 e6sqft with 12 buildings.[20][21]
Power to the data facilities will be generated through two solar generation projects, Switch Station 1 and Switch Station 2. The Switch Stations will produce 179-megawatts of power and were originally part of a joint construction project through First Solar in partnership with NV Energy.[22] In June 2017, EDF Renewable Energy acquired the two solar projects from First Solar.[23]
Switch has sued NV Energy for $30 million over disagreements about power price,[24][25][26] and in 2016 Switch was allowed to switch from NV Energy to its own solar power plants at an "exit fee" of $27 million.[27]
In January, 2015 Switch announced a $4 billion expansion plan to build a new data center campus east of Reno in Storey County. The Citadel Campus at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) is over 1,000 acre and is expected to have more than 7.2 e6sqft of data center space at completion.[28] In February 2017, Switch opened its first data center on the campus, TAHOE RENO 1, which will be more than 1.3 e6sqft, have 130 MVA power capacity, and more than 83,000 tons of cooling capability, making it the largest data center campus in the world.[29][30]
Switch's Pyramid Campus (former Steelcase Pyramid) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was opened in May 2017. At completion, it will reach up to 1.8 e6sqft making it the largest data center campus in the eastern U.S.[31][32]
