Data center profile · Apex Industrial Park near Apex Power Parkway and U.S. 93, North Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada

Switch Apex (Core 2.0 Phase 1)

Switch has assembled 300-plus acres in Apex Industrial Park, North Las Vegas, and filed a letter of intent for a two-building first phase.

Letter of intent filed. Switch filed a letter of intent in Aug. 2026 for a two-building first phase on about 176 acres; not yet set for Planning Commission or Council review as of September. No MW figure, NV Energy agreement or tenant on record.
176 acres
first phase in the letter of intent
near Apex Power Parkway and U.S. 93 (press)
486,250 sq ft
two data-center buildings plus a substation
as reported from city records
300+ acres
Switch's land at Apex after a March 2026 purchase
an industry tally counts about 493 acres across four deeds
$196M
paid for about 176 acres, per county records (press)
an earlier report cited $85.5M for the first parcel
OperatorSwitch (owned by DigitalBridge)
CustomerNone named
First building in serviceOur estimate: 2029 or later (no dated power path yet).
Next stepPlanning Commission and Council review not yet scheduled as of Sept. 2026
Power

Power and the grid

Sources on record, size not disclosed

Getting on the grid

Permits

Permits checklist

2 pending · 1 checked, nothing on file

City filings on record. None is an approval.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$85.5M
first Apex land purchase
Jan. 2026 report; acreage given as 165 to 176 acres (press) News report · Jan. 2026
$196M
paid for about 176 acres, per county records
Sept. 2026 report; sources do not reconcile the two purchases News report · Sept. 2026
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Jan. 2026
    Site Switch buys land at Apex Industrial Park for $85.5M (press) News report · Jan. 2026
  2. March 18, 2026
    Site A second purchase of 140 acres closes, taking Switch past 300 acres at Apex News report · March 2026
  3. Aug. 2026
    Permits Switch files a letter of intent for a two-building first phase and asks the city to keep its engineering plans confidential Dataset · Aug. 2026
  4. Sept. 15, 2026
    Money County records show about $196M paid for roughly 176 acres; Switch has made no formal announcement (press) News report · Sept. 2026
  5. Sept. 23, 2026
    Permits City says the proposal has not been set for Planning Commission or Council review (press) News report · Sept. 2026
The buildings

Specs

2 buildings data centers in the first phase, with a substation and support structures. News report · Sept. 2026

Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Switch: operator and landowner (founder Rob Roy)
  • DigitalBridge: owns Switch
  • Ryan Fleming: Switch vice president of data-center engineering, signed the confidentiality request
Decision-makers
  • City of North Las Vegas Planning Commission and City Council
Power partners
  • NV Energy: utility for the area (no agreement on record)
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

45 records from 11 documents

Drawn from news reports, public and commercial datasets, securities filings and state agency records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 8Dataset 2SEC filing 1State agency 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (13)
  • Collateral is Switch's operating data center portfolio; per-property schedules and addresses are not public for this 144A issuance, and no collateral property is address/APN-matched to this campus (Switch Apex / Core, No
    “in connection with the proposed offering of Switch ABS Issuer, LLC & Switch ABS Co-Issuer, LLC Secured Data Center Revenue Term Notes, Series 2026-1”
    SEC filing · Feb. 2026 · grade A
  • Clark County's Part 70 Operating Permit for Switch, Ltd. (Source ID 16304, revised May 15, 2025) records Switch's operating Las Vegas campuses - NAP 7 through NAP 12 - at 7135 S; Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas, NV, the Las Veg
    “Switch, Ltd. (Switch) owns and operates six separate and adjacent data center campuses, referred to as NAP 7, NAP 8, NAP 9, NAP 10, NAP 11, and NAP 12 and is located at 7135 S. Decatur Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada.”
    State agency · May 2025 · grade A
  • No MW figure and no PUCN large-load filing exists for Switch Apex in any retrieved source. Switch's Las Vegas Core Campus ('up to 495MW') and its proposed 510 MW gas plant at Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (Nexus Fulcrum L
    “Switch is seeking broad confidential treatment for engineering materials associated with a proposed data-center campus at Apex Industrial Park”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Developer: Switch
    “Switch has submitted a letter of intent to North Las Vegas officials for a roughly 175-acre data center campus at Apex Industrial Park”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Phase 1 (two buildings on 175 acres) is currently under review by North Las Vegas City Hall; Switch states its EVO designs achieve zero water consumption for cooling since 2022 - a company design claim, not an Apex water
    “Phase 1 of the project includes two data center buildings and other structures on 175 acres, and the proposal is currently under review by North Las Vegas City Hall”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Project identity: Switch Core 2.0 Phase 1 Campus, Apex Industrial Park, North Las Vegas, Clark County, NV
    “The Review-Journal says the proposed “Switch Core 2.0 Phase 1 Campus” covers about 176 acres near Apex Power Parkway and U.S. 93.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: letter of intent filed with City of North Las Vegas Aug 2026; not yet set for Planning Commission or City Council review as of September 2026 reporting; land assembly continues
    “A North Las Vegas spokesperson told that newspaper the proposal had not yet been set for Planning Commission or Council review as of its September reporting.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Site acres phase 1: 176 acres
    “Its reported plan includes two data-center buildings, a substation and other support structures, with about 486,250 square feet of buildings.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Building count phase 1: 2 buildings
    “Its reported plan includes two data-center buildings, a substation and other support structures, with about 486,250 square feet of buildings.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Utility: NV Energy
    “Neither a substation on a concept plan nor Switch's broader Nevada renewable-energy claims proves that Apex has a specific utility agreement or an approved power line.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Core 2.0 Phase 1 as reported from the letter of intent (Review-Journal via W4News, Sept 2026): two data-center buildings, a substation and support structures, about 486,250 sq ft of buildings on about 176 acres near Apex
    “Its reported plan includes two data-center buildings, a substation and other support structures, with about 486,250 square feet of buildings.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: land assembly complete and letter of intent filed with the City of North Las Vegas (Aug 2026) for the Switch Core 2.0 Phase 1 Campus; proposal awaits Planning Commission and City Council scheduling; no ap
    “In August 2026 the company filed a letter of intent with the city for the Switch Core 2.0 Phase 1 Campus”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • EDGAR ABS-15G); Morningstar DBRS describes the trust collateral as fee-simple and leasehold interests in six operating data center properties (seven buildings) in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Texas after the 2024-2 issu
    “Switch ABS Issuer, LLC is a securitization collateralized by the borrower's fee-simple and leasehold interest in six data center properties (seven buildings) in four states: Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Texas.”
    News report · June 2024 · grade C
Money and contracts (8)
  • Building sq ft phase 1: 486250 sq ft
    “with about 486,250 square feet of buildings.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • land sale: purchase of roughly 176 acres reported September 2026 - see conflicts on price/acreage vs January purchase 196000000 USD (about)
    “County records show Switch recently paid about $196 million for roughly 176 acres of land at the Apex Industrial Park.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Land control acres: 300 acres
    “Rob Roy’s firm previously paid $85.5 million for 165 acres of land at the industrial park, meaning it now has a plot of more than 300 acres.”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • land sale: additional purchase, 140 acres
    “Property records show the deal closed on March 18, according to the Las Vegas Review Journal, which first reported the news.”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Second Apex purchase: another 140 acres at Apex Industrial Park, deal closed March 18, 2026, taking Switch's Apex plot to more than 300 acres per DCD (aggregator Baxtel later tallies roughly 493 acres across four deeds,
    “The company has purchased another 140 acres at Apex Industrial Park, northeast of Las Vegas, adjacent to Highway 93.”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Tenant operator: Switch (operator); no tenant named
    “Data center operator Switch has purchased 176 acres of land outside Las Vegas, Nevada.”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • land sale: purchase, property records 85500000 USD
    “Property records show that Rob Roy’s firm paid $85.5 million for the site at Apex Industrial Park, northeast of Las Vegas, adjacent to Highway 93.”
    News report · Jan. 2026 · grade C
  • Switch master-trust collateral is six operating data center properties (seven buildings) in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Texas (Morningstar DBRS); Match grade: none.
    “Switch ABS Issuer, LLC is a securitization collateralized by the borrower's fee-simple and leasehold interest in six data center properties (seven buildings) in four states: Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Texas.”
    News report · June 2024 · grade C
Permits and government (2)
  • About 176 acres near Apex Power Parkway and US-93, two data center buildings, a : Letter of intent filed for Switch Core 2.0 Phase 1 Campus; no approval, no hearing scheduled as of Sept 2026
    “These are accounts of city-submitted records, not a city approval or a construction permit.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
  • Request reported Sept 23, 2026 via a public-records-obtained letter; no city dec: Confidentiality request filed - Switch asked the city to treat Apex engineering plans as confidential and give notice before release
    “Switch reportedly asked the city to treat its Apex engineering plans as confidential to the fullest extent law allows and to give the company notice before release”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
  • B6-adjacent: Switch sought broad confidential treatment for engineering materials associated with the proposed Apex campus (Review-Journal, Sept 23, 2026, via W4News). No lawsuit, moratorium, denial or petition concernin
    “Switch is seeking broad confidential treatment for engineering materials associated with a proposed data-center campus at Apex Industrial Park”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C
Site and other (2)
  • County code: 32003
    “"County":{"FIPS":"32003","name":"Clark County"}”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • As of the September 2026 FOX5 report Switch had made no formal announcement of its Apex plans despite controlling hundreds of acres; the land is vacant and zoned industrial
    “The company has made no formal announcement on its plans but is now poised for significant data center growth in that area.”
    News report · Sept. 2026 · grade C