Switch: The Rock
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
Overview
source: linkThe 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.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Residents raise concerns over potential Rock Island County data centerKWQC· Aug 19, 2026
- Several rock trucks driving through downtown Temple traced to $470 million OpenAI data center projectkcentv.com· Aug 7, 2026
- How Loudoun County data centers are linked to power flickering across half the U.S.NBC4 Washington· Jul 24, 2026
- What's being built in Austin? 8 Central Texas projects from Bee Cave to the DomainAustin American-Statesman· Jun 22, 2026
- Developers discuss proposed $1B data center campus plans for BeloitMyStateline· Jun 22, 2026
- Dems’ data center dilemmaPolitico· Jun 8, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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.
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.
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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir 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 2023Demographics 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 / NCESThe 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.