Has Switch: The Rock had environmental violations?

As of the latest EPA ECHO sync, no enforcement actions are on record for Switch: The Rock.

Where is Switch: The Rock located?

Switch: The Rock is in Williamson County, TX.

Mapped (unverified)

Switch: The Rock

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

Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). That is a statewide program figure, not attributable to one site.

Williamson County, TX

Source: OpenStreetMap

Switch: The Rock is a mapped data center in Williamson County, TX. DataCentersExposed has documented a 174,203 sq ft footprint 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

~30-70 MW

Footprint

174,203 sq ft

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

Overview

source: link

The Rock is a mapped data center in Williamson County, Texas, operated by Switch. Available records report a footprint of 174,203 square feet. Further details on ownership and operations are not disclosed in the facts on hand.

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

Texas reported $16.1M in Property used in certain large data center projects; temporary exemption (Texas Tax Code § 151.3595) for FY2025 (Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts). 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

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow

PM2.5

Moderate

Good

PM10

Good

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

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023

Median household income

$82.3K

People of color

44%

Below poverty

18%

Tract population

3,965

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, Success H S in Round Rock, is 0.5 mi from this site (295 students). 4 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

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.