Data center restrictions tracker · Nevada

Clark County, Nevada: data center zoning exclusion (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Clark County, Nevada, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on June 18, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "The Clark County Commission, sitting as the zoning board, voted unanimously on June 18, 2026 to approve Switch's nearly 57,000-sq-ft data center expansion on nine acres along Warm Springs Road west of Decatur Blvd. More than a dozen… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Zoning exclusionrestrictionenactedJune 18, 2026county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: county. County: Clark County. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

Nevada context

Nevada has 13 documented local actions across 7 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Nevada in this snapshot.

A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.

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