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Data center project · Storey County, Nevada

Google data center, Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center

Operating · Google's operating Storey County campus, approved for state abatements in 2020 and served in part through NV Energy's Clean Transition Tariff for Fervo geothermal power.

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Status
Operating · as of May 2025
Location
Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center · Storey County
Power
Not reported
No power figure in the sources reviewed.
Developer and team
Google (Design, LLC)
Utility
NV Energy (Sierra Pacific Power)
Incentives
GOED approved 20-year abatements Sept. 16, 2020: a 2% sales tax rate (estimated $16.8 million) and a 75% personal property tax abatement (estimated $8.25 million), shown separately.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
Under 50 MW (outside main scope; kept for completeness)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.

Updates, newest first

  1. Sept. 15, 2026 The Indy reported the 2020 approval had come up in a Reno mayoral campaign ad and noted the board then had no discretion to refuse. (The Nevada Independent, Sept. 15, 2026)
  2. May 19, 2025 ThinkGeoEnergy reported the PUCN approved the tariff, routing 115 MW of Fervo geothermal power to Google's data centers. (ThinkGeoEnergy, May 19, 2025)
  3. June 7, 2024 NV Energy and Google filed for approval of an energy supply agreement that would let Google's Nevada data centers take service under the Clean Transition Tariff proposed in docket 24-05023. (American Public Power Association, June 16, 2024; Utility Dive, June 21, 2024)
  4. Sept. 16, 2020 The GOED board approved 20-year abatements for Google (Design, LLC) for a $600 million data center in the industrial center expected to employ at least 50 people: a sales tax abatement estimated at $16.8 million and a personal property tax abatement estimated at $8.25 million. (Governor's Office of Economic Development, Sept. 16, 2020)

Conflicts and open questions

  • The two abatement estimates cover different taxes and are not added together here.

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