Clark County, Nevada
DataCentersExposed tracks 20 AI data centers in Clark County, Nevada — 7 operating and 5 in the pipeline, drawing 1.6 GW of reported power demand, led by Switch, Inc.. Its transparent data-center risk score is 0/100.
Sources: Methodology, Coverage scorecard
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated May 29, 2026
- Project exposure · 36
- Power demand · 43
- Water draw · n/a
- Land footprint · n/a
What's happening in Clark County
Facilities here with disclosed capacity draw 1.6 GW from the local grid. Data-center load on this scale is the single biggest driver of recent capacity-market price increases — costs that flow through to every ratepayer in the service territory, not just the operators.
Switch, Inc. has the largest presence in Clark County. We resolve project codenames and shell LLCs back to the corporate parent wherever the public record allows, so the table below names who is actually behind each site.
Below: every tracked facility in the county, the active state legislation that names it or its county, and local news. Commissioner vote records arrive in a later release; the placeholders show where that accountability data will land.
2035 Buildout Outlook
Under the model's moderate-growth scenario (5%/yr annual load growth), PNNL's IM3 model sites about 7 standardized 36 MW campuses in Clark County by 2035 — roughly 252 MW of new electricity demand and ~244 M gal/yr of cooling water. Under the higher-growth scenario (15%/yr) that climbs to 41 campuses (1.5 GW). For scale, we currently track 20 real data centers in Clark County (1.6 GW of reported power).
- Low growth5180 MW · ~174 M gal/yr cooling water
- Moderate growth7252 MW · ~244 M gal/yr cooling water
- High growth20720 MW · ~696 M gal/yr cooling water
- Higher growth411.5 GW · ~1.4 billion gal/yr cooling water
The model assigns ~100% of these campuses' cooling to evaporative water cooling in Clark County (the rest to mechanical/air cooling), a split it derives from local water stress and wet-bulb temperature.
These are modeled candidate sites, not announced or permitted facilities. PNNL's IM3 model places identical 36 MW unit-campuses at feasible locations under each scenario — it shows where demand could concentrate, never a specific parcel. Figures use a market-gravity weight of 50. How the model works.
Every tracked facility
| Facility | Operator | Status | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Henderson (proposed) | Alphabet Inc. | Proposed | 600 |
| Townsite Solar 2 LLC Boulder City | Townsite Solar 2 LLC | Proposed | 170 |
| Jet.AI Moapa | — | Proposed | 50 |
| Novva Data Center (site 2) Las Vegas | — | Proposed | — |
| Switch Data Center Las Vegas | — | Proposed | — |
| Switch Las Vegas 7 Enterprise | Switch, Inc. | 495 | |
| Apple Las Vegas | Apple Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | 220 |
| Novva Data Center Las Vegas | — | 100 | |
| Flexential Las Vegas - North North Las Vegas | Flexential Corp. | 9 | |
| DataBank Las Vegas LAS1 Las Vegas | DataBank Holdings, Ltd. | 3.35 | |
| Fiberhub LAS1 Las Vegas | — | — | |
| Flexential Las Vegas - Downtown Las Vegas | Flexential Corp. | — | |
| Google Henderson | Alphabet Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Jasmine Development LLC HENDERSON | — | — | |
| Switch | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Switch Las Vegas 14 | Switch, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Switch Las Vegas 4 Las Vegas | Switch, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Switch Las Vegas 9 | Switch, Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Switch12 | — | Mapped (unverified) | — |
| Verizon North Las Vegas | Verizon Communications Inc. | Mapped (unverified) | — |
County commissioners
How the Clark County board votes on each data-center matter — the rezonings, the abatements, the water permits — is built from public-meeting minutes and roll-call records. Know of a vote we should be tracking? Tell us.