Switch Proposes 175-Acre Data Center Campus in North Las Vegas

Switch has submitted plans for a roughly 175-acre data center campus in North Las Vegas, marking another significant expansion of the company's footprint in Southern Nevada's rapidly growing digital infrastructure market. The proposal signals continued momentum in the region's emergence as a major hub for hyperscale and enterprise data center development.

According to a letter of intent obtained by Channel 13, the campus would sit on 14 parcels of land occupying approximately 175.8 acres near Apex Power Parkway and US-93. The buildings are estimated to total 486,250 square feet, according to Switch. Documents submitted to the city in August outlined that the proposed campus would consist of two data center buildings, one fire pump house, one substation with a control house building, one switching station and one logistics office building.

The proposal follows Switch's purchase in May of more than 300 acres of land in the Apex Industrial Park area for approximately $200 million, a transaction that raised concerns among local residents about the pace and scale of development in the region. Apex Industrial Park has become a major hub for industrial growth in Southern Nevada, hosting facilities including a Kroger warehouse and a Crocs distribution center.

Switch would not be the only data center operator in the region. North Las Vegas currently hosts several other providers in the area, including Flexential, ColoXchange Nevada, Sierra Health Services, T-Mobile and Novva Data Centers. Switch also operates a massive data center campus in the southwest Las Vegas valley near Jones Boulevard and the 215 Beltway, where residents have previously raised questions following the approval of the company's expansion plans.

The proposed campus underscores the broader trend of data center operators seeking large tracts of land in power-accessible regions to accommodate growing demand for cloud computing, artificial intelligence workloads and enterprise digital services. The Apex Industrial Park area, with its proximity to major transportation corridors and available land, has attracted significant interest from industrial and technology companies alike. If approved, the Switch campus would further cement North Las Vegas as a key node in the western United States' data center corridor.