Has Switch had environmental violations?

DataCentersExposed tracks 1 EPA enforcement record linked to Switch.

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Switch

Q: What do data center tax breaks cost in Nevada?

Nevada reported $80.7M in Data center partial abatement of local sales/use tax (NRS 360.754) — all local components combined for FY2025 (State of Nevada Controller's Office). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Clark County, NV

Source: OpenStreetMap

Switch is a mapped data center in Clark County, NV. DataCentersExposed has documented a 241,776 sq ft footprint and 1 tracked EPA enforcement record at this site.

Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent

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Operator

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Est. capacity

~45-100 MW

Footprint

241,776 sq ft

Utility

Nevada Power Co

Grid

NEVP

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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

Switch is a mapped data center in Clark County, Nevada, with a reported footprint of 241,776 square feet. State records tie 1 environmental enforcement record to the site. It draws power from Nevada Power Co inside the NEVP balancing authority.

In the news

source: Google News

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Statewide cost of this incentive

Nevada reported $80.7M in Data center partial abatement of local sales/use tax (NRS 360.754) — all local components combined for FY2025 (State of Nevada Controller's Office). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

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Water use

No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

Clean Air Actno penalty
formal · reported 2025-03-31

Environmental permits

source: Permit register

Clean Air Act permitted sourceNVCCH00032003A1630
NAICS 518210; ECHO compliance status: No Violation Identified

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

101

PM10

Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups

PM2.5

Moderate

Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Las Vegas), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$82.1K

People of color

71%

Below poverty

Tract population

5,143

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Alamo Tony Es in Las Vegas, is 0.9 mi from this site (835 students).

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.