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", the project had 14 buildings, 412,000 square feet, and 35 MW of critical power as of 2016.
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 name | SqFt |
|---|---|---|
| 4.81 miles | NOVVA Tahoe Reno | |
| 5.32 miles | Switch Reno Campus (The Citadel) | |
| 6.88 miles | EdgeCore Reno | |
| 7.84 miles | Google Storey County, Nevada | |
| 14.29 miles | Deep Edge: Reno RN01 |
Nov 09, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Apple
Tech giants like Apple have made big pledges when it comes to going green and introducing net-zero and water-positive targets. However, when it comes to their wider supply chains, it turns out they're not so green. According to a recent report from Greenpeace, on average, 77% of technology man...
Mar 28, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Apple
Work is finally due to commence on Apple's Iowa data center, it has been announced. Infrastructure improvements are underway on the site, and the giant is also planning to expand and connect its Viborg data center in Denmark to a district heating scheme - a data center project that was complet...
Feb 14, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Apple
Following the recent green light given by local planning officials on Apple’s Iowa development, a number of business people and leaders in the area have voiced their thoughts on what the development will mean for the area. Mayor Courtney Clarke outlined that in the first phase of development t...
Feb 08, 2022 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Apple
It has been five years since Apple announced its $1.3 billion data center in Waukee, Iowa; however, it is finally going before the city's planning commission on Today. At the time of announcing the facility, Tim Cook, CEO of apple, said the data center would help "drive Apple's future," but s...
Nov 03, 2021 | Posted by MadalineDunn | Reno
Switch and the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center have joined forces to create a regional water improvement pipeline. The project in Sparks, Nevada, will see the construction of a 16-mile pipeline that will transport 4,000 acre-feet of “treated effluent water” from the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamat...
