Switch plans massive natural gas plant to power Nevada data centers
Las Vegas Review-Journal
By Emerson Drews
October 16, 2026
The data center boom has led Nevada’s energy grid to uncharted territory. To bypass the long queue of large load customers looking to be connected to the grid, developers are proposing their own so called behind the meter power generating plants. According to filings with the public utilities commission, Switch, a major data center player in Nevada, has proposed an around 20 acre, 510 megawatt natural gas power plant in northern Nevada on the former Sierra Biofuels refinery in the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, and with Switch as its primary user…
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