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Switch: Data Ranch Campus

Switch's Data Ranch campus covers 43.5 acres on Smith School Road in southeast Austin, near Austin-Bergstrom airport. Data Foundry developed it and Switch bought it in 2021. First built in 2011, with expansions planned through 2029.

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Campus at a Glance

3 data centers on this campus

First built in 2011 with expansions through 2029

Total building size: SqFt

Coordinates: 30.20021, -97.71269

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Switch's Data Ranch campus sits at 4100 Smith School Road in southeast Austin (Travis County), about 10 minutes from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

Land: 43.5 acres in five adjoining parcels: Lots 1-4 of the Data Ranch Subdivision (about 37 acres) and a 6.5-acre tract on the west side. Lot 1 holds the two existing buildings; Lots 2-4 (about 23 acres) are vacant.
Ownership: Data Foundry, owned by the Yokubaitis family, developed the campus and broke ground in August 2010. Switch bought Data Foundry for $420 million in cash, and the deal closed in June 2021. Switch groups the campus in its Central Prime ("The Rock"). Title sits with TX AUS 2 LLC (Lot 1), Switch Ltd (Lots 2-4) and TX AUS 2 & 3 LLC (the 6.5-acre tract).
Power: Austin Energy serves the campus. Underground feeds in concrete duct banks come from two independent substations. A 2010 site plan added about 2,100 feet of offsite electric line from Metropolis Drive.
Water and fiber: Two independent water feeds (48-inch and 18-inch mains) and diverse carrier entry points. Data Foundry listed more than 17 carriers.
Expansion: Switch filed a site plan in 2023 to expand the first building and add a third, reported as a 300,000 sq ft data center beside a new Austin Energy substation. That plan expired in 2024. A 2026 refiling to expand the two existing buildings is in city review.

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Sites on this Campus

Site	Operator	Status	Operational	Building Size	Built
Switch: Texas 1	Switch	OperationalPlanned	░░░░ Request Dataset MW	░░░░░░░ Request Dataset SqFt	2011
Switch: Texas 2	Switch	OperationalPlanned	░░░░ Request Dataset MW	░░░░░░░ Request Dataset SqFt	2018
Switch: Texas 3	Switch	Planned	—	—	2029

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Switch: Data Ranch Campus Power Growth Over Time

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Developer

Switch, the technology infrastructure corporation headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada is built on the intelligent and sustainable growth of the internet. Switch founder and CEO Rob Roy has developed more than 500 issued and pending patent claims covering data center designs that have manifested into the company’s world-renowned data centers.

Switch has PRIME campuses located in Las Vegas and Tahoe Reno, Nevada; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Atlanta, Georgia.

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Data Foundry to expand Austin Campus by 325,000sqft

September 27, 2016 Switch: Texas 1

Data Foundry is expanding their massive Austin campus. Ready in Q3 2017. Data Foundry, a leading provider of premium colocation, network and managed services, today announced the construction of its third Austin data center, Texas 2. The first phase of construction will begin this quarter, and...

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August 2019 Switch: Texas 2

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