This week, Round Rock City Council unanimously voted to approve the rezoning of two plots of land for Switch’s 'The Rock' data center, which will span 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m).
The two plots of land totaL 35.71 acres, and are either side of Dell Technologies' global headquarters, with whom Switch is developing a growing partnership with.
The addition of ‘The Rock,’ algonside its DF's ~60MW facilities, means Switch will now operate 2 million sq ft (185,000 sq m) of space and 185MW of power in Texas. That said, the company is also reportedly pursuing further expansion in the state.
Speaking about the new facility, Switch founder and CEO Rob Roy, said: “To be strategically located alongside the Dell Technologies global headquarters is an opportunity to continue broadening our offerings of the world’s most advanced data center infrastructure to current and future Switch clients.”
Robert Elliott, Switch vice president, commented: "We've been around since 2000 — for 22 years and we have grown consistently as data has grown across the country. This is our fifth campus that we're building and we're just super excited to get started and to be a part of the technology economy here in Round Rock."
The two plots of land will be on both sides of the Dell building. (City of Round Rock)
