Lumen data center in Reno gets operating license 26 years after launching
September 23, 2025
Reno
Apple first announced the project in 2012 to build a data center on a 345-acre parcel in the Reno Technology Park. Originally codenamed "Project Mills", Initially, Apple constructed a 372,893 square foot data center with 8 clusters, as well as a supporting administration building, garage, and generator yard.
In 2017, Apple announced plans to expand the campus by an additional $1 billion. The expansion would add "8 clusters" of buildings with the total square footage of 372,893. In 2017 an Apple contractor filed permit under the name Project Isabel but withdrew the application on the same day.
In 2017 Apple announced that it reached an agreement with NV Energy to build a 200 megawatt solar farm by 2019.
One of the solar fields, the Turquoise Solar Project, will have 60 M of solar energy production. It is located 2 miles from the data center at 21905 Reno Technology Pkwy East in Sparks, NV. Construction on the first phase of the Turquoise Solar project began in July 2018 and is scheduled to complete by the end of 2019. Phase I of the project will generate 10 MW of power and Phase II will bring the total energy output to 60 MW.
| Distance | Site | About |
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| 0.24 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Apple expanded its Reno Data Center Campus with a second phase that added approximately 400,000-square-foot data centers in Sparks, Nevada.
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| 0.52 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Apple has acquired 147 acres of land next to its Reno data center campus for future developments.
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| 0.68 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Apple expanded its Reno Data Center Campus with a third phase that added approximately 400,000-square-foot data centers in Sparks, Nevada.
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| 0.79 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Apple has acquired 470 acres of land next to its Reno data center campus for future developments.
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| 1.89 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Apple has acquired 298 acres of land next to its Reno data center campus for future developments.
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| 2.62 miles | PowerHouse: Reno 3 |
This facility is a part of PowerHouse Reno Campus in Nevada.
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| 2.63 miles | PowerHouse: Reno 2 |
This facility is a part of PowerHouse Reno Campus in Nevada.
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| 2.89 miles | PowerHouse Reno |
PowerHouse Data Centers operates a premier data center campus situated outside Reno, Nevada.
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| 2.93 miles | Tract: Peru Ridge |
Tract acquires an additional 517 acres in Reno, Nevada next to its existing project, Peru Shelf Technology Park.
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| 3.44 miles | Vantage: NV14 |
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| 3.47 miles | Vantage: NV13 |
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| 3.77 miles | Vantage: NV11 |
Vantage Data Centers is expanding its footprint with a new campus development near Reno, Nevada.
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| 3.77 miles | Vantage: NV12 |
Vantage Data Centers is expanding its footprint with a new campus development near Reno, Nevada.
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| 3.89 miles | Tract: Peru Shelf Technology Park |
Tract, a developer of data center parks, has commenced construction on its Peru Shelf Technology Park project in Storey County.
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| 4.31 miles | Colovore: Reno, NV |
Colovore is developing a liquid-cooled colocation data center in Reno, Nevada.
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| 4.56 miles | EdgeCore Reno | |
| 4.90 miles | NOVVA Tahoe Reno |
The facility includes six data halls across 300,000 sq ft (28,870 sqm) and a dedicated on-site 100MW N+1 substation from NV Energy.
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| 4.96 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Switch's The Citadel Campus in Tahoe-Reno.
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| 5.13 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Switch's The Citadel Campus in Tahoe-Reno.
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| 5.20 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Switch's The Citadel Campus in Tahoe-Reno.
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| 5.31 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset |
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| 5.33 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Switch's The Citadel Campus in Tahoe-Reno.
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| 5.55 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Switch's The Citadel Campus in Tahoe-Reno.
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| 5.86 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Switch's The Citadel Campus in Tahoe-Reno.
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| 6.00 miles | Carrier-Neutral Data Center Request Dataset |
This facility is part of Switch's The Citadel Campus in Tahoe-Reno.
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| 6.98 miles | Tract: Virginia Highlands Expansion | |
| 7.05 miles | Tract: Virginia Highlands |
Tract has expanded its data center development footprint in Reno, Nevada, with the acquisition of an additional 8,590 acres.
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| 7.90 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Google plans to invest more than $400 million in Storey County in 2024 alone.
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| 10.41 miles | Tract: South Valley Technology Park |
Tract’s South Valley Technology Park, located seven miles southeast along USA Parkway, is a planned 1,500-acre project and can potentially support up to seven individual campuses.
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| 14.33 miles | CENTRA: 200 S Virginia (RNO01) | |
| 15.09 miles | Centra: Reno 2 |
Centra, backed by Columbia Capital, is building a new interconnection data center in downtown Reno. Located at 265 Keystone, the facility is set to open in early Q2 2026.
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| 15.13 miles | Lumen: Reno 1 | |
| 17.58 miles | Connect Data Centers: Reno, NV |
US investment firm Oppidan is building a single-story, 61,554 sqft data center in Reno, Nevada. Oppidan lists Connect Data Centers as a subsidiary.
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| 18.81 miles | Tract: Silver Springs |
Tract grew its Nevada footprint by acquiring roughly 1,060 acres near Silver Springs in Lyon County after securing a rezoning and development agreement.
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| 19.46 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
Microsoft acquired 300.7 acres from Mark IV Capital within the 4,300-acre Victory Logistics District, a master-planned industrial hub located in Fernley, Nevada.
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| 19.71 miles | Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset |
In 2025, the Lyon County Planning Commission approved a parcel map for Microsoft, allowing the company to restructure 274 acres of land it owns in Silver Springs, Nevada.
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In 2010, Apple reported that just 16% of its total facilities were powered by renewables. Within just six years, that number skyrocketed up to 96% in 2016. In 2018, Apple said that it has achieved 100% renewable energy. Source: cleantechnica.com.
As of early 2018, Apple had 25 operational renewable energy projects around the world, totaling 626 MW of generation capacity. Notably, 286 MW of solar PV generation came online in 2017. There are 15 more projects under construction that represent over 1.4 GW of renewable energy generation across 11 countries.
In Prineville, Ore., the Apple signed a 200 MW power purchase agreement for an Oregon wind farm, the Montague Wind Power Project, set to come online by the end of 2019.
Apple’s data center in Maiden, N.C., is supported by projects that generate 244 million kWh of renewable energy per year, which is equivalent to the energy used by 17,906 North Carolina homes.
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