Data center project · Storey County, Nevada
Amazon (AWS) data center at Switch Citadel Campus
Under construction · An Amazon data center being built at Switch's Citadel Campus, with a large-load power contract pending at the PUCN.
- Status
- Under construction · as of March 9, 2026
- Location
- Switch Citadel Campus, Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (filings say Sparks) · Storey County
- Power
- Not reported
The PUCN application does not show a public demand figure in its title; no figure in the sources reviewed. - Developer and team
- Amazon (AWS)
- End user
- Amazon Web Services
- Utility
- NV Energy (Sierra Pacific Power)
- Water
- Amazon said the Reno-area buildings will use direct air cooling most of the time, with any water drawn from an allotment for industrial use.
- Evidence
- Primary public records
- Size class
- Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Updates, newest first
- May 29, 2026 NV Energy asked the PUCN to approve a large-load service contract with Amazon Data Services covering future data centers in Sparks (docket 26-05026). (Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, Oct. 20, 2026; New Project Media, June 23, 2026)
- May 12, 2026 Amazon said it would add 700 MW of new geothermal, solar and battery capacity in Nevada for future Reno-area data centers and cover the full cost of powering them. (ESG News, May 12, 2026)
- March 9, 2026 News 4 reported Amazon was hiring for its Storey County data center at the Citadel Campus as construction got under way. (KRNV News 4, March 9, 2026)
Conflicts and open questions
- News 4 describes this as Amazon's own data center project on Switch's Citadel Campus, and Switch's CEO said Amazon chose the campus; no source says whether Amazon owns its buildings or leases them from Switch.
- Docket 26-05026 describes future Amazon data centers in Sparks; industrial-center addresses commonly use Sparks, and whether the docket covers the Citadel build is not confirmed.
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