Clark County

Moratoriums and bans

1. July 21, 2026 Henderson: Moratorium rejected. The council declined a 180-day pause and instead directed staff to require negotiated development agreements for future data centers, with a code change planned for Aug. 18. (The Nevada Independent, July 21, 2026; Las Vegas Review-Journal (via GovTech), Aug. 3, 2026)
2. July 7, 2026 Clark County: Moratorium (proposed, no action). Commissioners heard calls for a moratorium and discussed approval criteria but took no action, asking staff to research the industry and possible legislation. (The Nevada Independent, July 1, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Aug. 26, 2026)
3. Nov. 3, 2026 Boulder City: Ballot question (vote pending). On the Nov. 3, 2026, general election ballot, voters decide whether data centers may be an approved land use in the 107,400-acre Eldorado Valley Transfer Area outside its habitat conservation easement; the question does not cover the Townsite Solar 2 site. A separate citizen petition to require voter approval of data centers fell short of signatures in June. (Boulder City Review, July 9, 2026; KTNV Channel 13, Sept. 8, 2026)

Updates, newest first

1. Nov. 3, 2026 Boulder City: Ballot question (vote pending) · On the Nov. 3, 2026, general election ballot, voters decide whether data centers may be an approved land use in the 107,400-acre Eldorado Valley Transfer Area outside its habitat conservation easement; the question does not cover the Townsite Solar 2 site. A separate citizen petition to require voter approval of data centers fell short of signatures in June. (Boulder City Review, July 9, 2026; KTNV Channel 13, Sept. 8, 2026)
2. Sept. 24, 2026 Townsite Solar 2 data center, Boulder City · The Review-Journal reported BLM asked the judge to let it conduct more review. (Las Vegas Review-Journal (via GovTech), Sept. 24, 2026)
3. Sept. 24, 2026 Skylar Capital hyperscale data center near Paradise Hills · The developer said it withdrew the application after talks with Henderson and BLM, citing the city's planned development in the area. (Las Vegas Review-Journal (via GovTech), Sept. 24, 2026)
4. Sept. 14, 2026 Switch land, Apex Industrial Park · FOX5 reported county records show Switch paid about $196 million for about 176 more acres at Apex. (FOX5 Las Vegas, Sept. 14, 2026)
5. Sept. 1, 2026 Townsite Solar 2 data center, Boulder City · The board stayed BLM's decision, finding the appellants likely to show the environmental analysis was insufficient. (FOX5 Las Vegas, Sept. 1, 2026; KTNV Channel 13, Sept. 8, 2026)
6. Aug. 3, 2026 Trammell Crow data center complex, Henderson · The Review-Journal reported the city was told in March 2026 the project would not proceed; a landowner said a deal with Trammell Crow fell through. (Las Vegas Review-Journal (via GovTech), Aug. 3, 2026)
7. July 21, 2026 Henderson: Moratorium rejected · The council declined a 180-day pause and instead directed staff to require negotiated development agreements for future data centers, with a code change planned for Aug. 18. (The Nevada Independent, July 21, 2026; Las Vegas Review-Journal (via GovTech), Aug. 3, 2026)
8. July 14, 2026 Townsite Solar 2 data center, Boulder City · The Boulder City Council voted unanimously to appeal to the Interior Board of Land Appeals. (Electrek, July 29, 2026)
9. July 7, 2026 Clark County: Moratorium (proposed, no action) · Commissioners heard calls for a moratorium and discussed approval criteria but took no action, asking staff to research the industry and possible legislation. (The Nevada Independent, July 1, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Aug. 26, 2026)
10. June 26, 2026 Townsite Solar 2 data center, Boulder City · BLM approved an amended right-of-way to swap the 80-acre solar and battery project for a data center, reusing the earlier environmental review. (Electrek, July 29, 2026)
11. June 17, 2026 Switch Core Campus, southwest Las Vegas Valley · Clark County approved a 56,800-square-foot Switch data center on nine acres next to the campus; the Las Vegas Sun said the commission, acting as zoning commission, voted unanimously. (Las Vegas Sun (via GovTech), June 23, 2026; The Nevada Independent, June 17, 2026)
12. June 17, 2026 Switch land, Apex Industrial Park · The Indy, citing the Review-Journal, reported Switch had bought more than 300 acres at Apex for data center development. (The Nevada Independent, June 17, 2026)
13. June 17, 2026 Google data center, Henderson · The Indy reported the Henderson campus used 352 million gallons of water in 2024, citing it as the city's only data center. (The Nevada Independent, June 17, 2026)
14. May 29, 2026 Novva Las Vegas (Nicco Way) and Apex campus · NV Energy filed large-load service agreements with Novva Las Vegas and Proton NLV for planned facilities in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas (docket 26-05029); New Project Media reported 25-year terms with up to 48 months of ramp-up. (Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Oct. 20, 2026; New Project Media, June 23, 2026)
15. May 2026 Townsite Solar 2 data center, Boulder City · Boulder City's planning commission voted 6-1 to recommend denial of the developer's data center plan on 88.5 acres of city land; the developer later withdrew it. (Electrek, July 29, 2026; Boulder City Review, July 9, 2026)
16. March 12, 2026 Copia Digital Bergen Data Center · The Indy reported Copia was permitting a gas plant and batteries northeast of Las Vegas near Apex. (The Nevada Independent, March 12, 2026)
17. Jan. 27, 2026 Copia Digital Bergen Data Center · Copia Digital notified the PUCN (docket 26-01035) of a federal application for two transmission lines of up to 500 kV linking the Bergen Data Center to the Harry Allen substation. (Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Oct. 20, 2026)
18. Nov. 13, 2025 Trammell Crow data center complex, Henderson · Henderson's Planning Commission granted a conditional use permit and design review for five 252,500-square-foot buildings and a substation, with a six-year approval period. (Las Vegas Review-Journal (via GovTech), Aug. 3, 2026)
19. Nov. 2025 Skylar Capital hyperscale data center near Paradise Hills · The developer applied to BLM for the data center and gas plant, according to an application the Sierra Club obtained. (Las Vegas Review-Journal (via GovTech), Sept. 24, 2026)
20. Aug. 29, 2025 Novva Las Vegas (Nicco Way) and Apex campus · DCD reported Novva bought about 205 acres at Apex for $181 million; its existing building near the speedway was converted to 100 MW. (DCD, Aug. 29, 2025)
21. Sept. 24, 2024 Copia Digital Bergen Data Center · Copia GDC, LLC notified the PUCN (docket 24-09023) of a federal application for a 500 MW gas plant, gen-tie, pipeline and batteries on federal land in Clark County. (Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Oct. 20, 2026)

Statewide

NRS 360.754, created by a 2015 bill, lets a new or expanding data center apply to the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) for a 75% personal property tax abatement and a sales and use tax rate cut to 2%, for 10 years (10 Nevada-resident jobs and $25 million of capital spending within five years) or 20 years (50 jobs and $100 million); cutting the sales tax rate to 2% takes a two-thirds vote of the GOED board, and half of the construction workforce must live in Nevada. (Governor's Office of Economic Development, Aug. 1, 2025; The Nevada Independent, March 29, 2026) The Nevada Independent counted about $457 million (later $461 million) in projected data center abatements approved since 2015, roughly three-quarters for Storey County projects, and found local governments gave up over $537 million of sales and use tax revenue across eight years, measured gross; these are projected or forgone amounts, not payments. It also reported that GOED lets abated companies largely decide whether completed audits are released. (The Nevada Independent, March 29, 2026; The Nevada Independent, March 29, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Sept. 2, 2026) In 2025 the Legislature gave the GOED board power to deny a data center abatement, approve a smaller one or attach conditions; until July 2025 the board had to approve any applicant that pledged to meet the statutory tests. The bill number was not found in the sources reviewed. The Indy reported about $50 million in projected data center abatements approved since the change. (KSNV News 3, Sept. 18, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Sept. 18, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Sept. 15, 2026) Executive Order 2026-005 (Gov. Joe Lombardo, reported Sept. 18, 2026) bars GOED from bringing a data center abatement to its board unless the applicant pays all of the Local School Support Tax, keeps its combined sales-and-use rate at 4.6% or more and signs a Nevada Community Support Commitment to meet local water standards, cover its own electricity costs and cut use in declared grid emergencies; it also bars applicants controlled by foreign adversaries, asks the Office of Energy for a power plan by Dec. 31, 2026, and does not reach abatements already approved. (KSNV News 3, Sept. 18, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Sept. 18, 2026) For the 2027 session: on Aug. 26, 2026, the Joint Interim Standing Committee on Revenue took up Sen. Dina Neal's request for a bill (a proposal, not yet drafted) to repeal NRS 360.754 and impose a statewide moratorium on new or expanded data centers, and KTNV and the Indy reported the request passed with two Republican members opposed; on Sept. 1, 2026, Storey County sent the Legislature its own proposal to shorten abatements to five or 10 years, tighten spending requirements, let Clark and Washoe local governments block an abatement, bar abatements on federal land and require water and power disclosures. (Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau, Aug. 26, 2026; KTNV Channel 13, Sept. 1, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Sept. 2, 2026) PUCN docket 24-05023: NV Energy (Sierra Pacific Power) proposed a Clean Transition Tariff in 2024 under which Google pays a premium for 115 MW of Fervo Energy's Corsac Station geothermal output to serve its Nevada data centers; trade press reported the commission approved the tariff in May 2025. Google's companion energy supply agreement was filed June 7, 2024, in a separate docket whose number was not found in the sources reviewed. (American Public Power Association, June 16, 2024; Utility Dive, June 21, 2024; ThinkGeoEnergy, May 19, 2025) PUCN docket 26-05007: NV Energy's 2027-2046 integrated resource plan (filed May 7, 2026) reports about 22 GW of large-load inquiries and about 6 GW of signed large-load agreements, projects data centers rising from about 5% of sales to 64% by 2046, and asks the commission to make Large Load Electric Service Agreements mandatory for customers of 25 MW or more so they bear the cost of serving them; the commission had not ruled as of mid-September 2026. (Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Oct. 20, 2026; New Project Media, June 23, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Sept. 16, 2026; The Nevada Independent, July 28, 2026) Individual Large Load Electric Service Agreements filed at the PUCN in 2026 (pending): 26-05026 (Amazon Data Services), 26-05027 (Fleet Data Centers' PR RNO and SV RNO entities), 26-05028 (Vantage Data Centers NV11), 26-05029 (Novva Las Vegas and Proton NLV) and 26-05030 (Prologis, as VIP Landco, for southern Nevada sites); New Project Media reported 25-year terms, minimum bills and customer-specific generation charges. (Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Oct. 20, 2026; New Project Media, June 23, 2026) NV Energy told The Nevada Independent in March 2026 that data center load puts it on track to miss Nevada's renewable portfolio standard (50% by 2030) for the first time, and that it planned to lean more on natural gas; the utility says it requires data center developers to fund their own infrastructure and energy. (The Nevada Independent, March 12, 2026) Water: the Indy reported that new data centers in southern Nevada have been barred from evaporative cooling since 2023, so newer southern projects use closed-loop or air cooling; no statewide water rule for data centers was found. In northern Nevada, the Indy reported in 2017 on a proposed 13-mile pipeline to carry treated Reno-Sparks wastewater to the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center for Tesla, Switch and possibly Google, with the cities given equivalent water rights to keep Truckee River flows; the river ends at Pyramid Lake, within the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe's boundaries. (The Nevada Independent, June 17, 2026; The Nevada Independent, July 1, 2026; The Nevada Independent, Sept. 10, 2017) Nevada data centers →