Switch to begin construction on 2nd data center this summer

Editor's note: This article has been updated to clarify when the property was originally zoned for the data center.

Switch may soon begin constructing its second Round Rock data center, a new project filing shows.

In a nutshell

Project information filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shows a second data center project from Switch, planned to be just east of the existing data center, could cost up to $20 million and take up about 72,600 square feet.

Remember this?

This second building is part of the first Switch data center project approved by the city of Round Rock in 2021.

The city of Round Rock approved a zoning request for a second data center project in 2024.

The Las Vegas-based company previously entered into an economic agreement with the city, requiring Switch to invest at least $80 million in real and personal property improvements by the end of 2026. This agreement also provides economic incentive payments to Switch, should they maintain their agreement, based on roughly half of the money generated by sales and use tax revenue received from Switch. The $80 million in taxable sales and purchases Switch is responsible for would result in $1.2 million in net income for Round Rock, according to city documents.

What's next?

The filing states work on the project could start in June and conclude in mid-2028.