# Switch The Rock Campus

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Switch, Inc. operates The Rock Campus in Round Rock, Texas, a 69.24-acre expanding hyperscale and colocation facility. The initial 1.5-million-square-foot campus announced in 2021 targets 185 MW across the company's Texas ecosystem, with a 2023-approved 32.48-acre expansion tract and a 72,600-square-foot building scheduled to break ground in summer 2026 and complete in 2028. Operating status remained unconfirmed as of the most recent update, though the initial parcel was reported mostly finished by April 2026.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: expanding
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: 150 Dell Way, Round Rock, Williamson County, TX
- Operator: Switch, Inc. (campus) — https://www.switch.com/
- Developer: Switch, Inc. (campus) — https://www.switch.com/

## Power and grid context

- Campus gross power: 185 MW · target · campus · as of 2021-06-02 — Switch announced that its Texas technology campus ecosystem, including The Rock and other Texas properties, was architected to provide over 185 MW upon completion. The source does not isolate how much of that total belongs to The Rock alone.
- ISO/RTO: ERCOT
- Balancing authority: ERCOT
- Electric utility: Oncor Electric Delivery

## Development

- Site status: Expanding. The initial campus parcel was reported mostly finished by April 2026, but its commercial operating status was unconfirmed. A further 72,600-square-foot building was scheduled to break ground in summer 2026 and is expected to be completed in 2028.
- Site area: 69.24 acres
- Gross floor area: 1,500,000 square feet
- Construction: Switch’s The Rock campus was announced in June 2021 for more than 1.5 million square feet next to Dell Technologies’ headquarters. Site preparation and permitting were expected to begin in summer 2021; the City reported the facility under construction in December 2022. A separate 32.48-acre expansion was rezoned in October 2023. By April 2026, construction on the initial 14-acre parcel appeared mostly finished, but commercial opening had not been confirmed. Switch planned a new 72,600-square-foot building, expected to be completed in 2028, with construction reported to begin in summer 2026.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, colocation, cloud, enterprise, telecom_edge
- Workloads: Large-scale compute, storage, and connectivity for latency-sensitive edge applications, Enterprise and hybrid-cloud infrastructure
- Operating context: Switch is developing and expanding The Rock as an exascale, multi-tenant data-center campus for colocation and large-scale cloud and enterprise infrastructure. As of April 2026, construction appeared mostly finished, but public reporting was unclear on whether the hub had opened.

## Sources

- [Switch The Rock Campus — Central Texas Data Center Tracker](https://centexdatacenters.org/tracker/switch-round-rock)
- [Switch to begin construction on 2nd data center this summer](https://communityimpact.com/round-rock/development/switch-to-begin-construction-on-2nd-data-center-this-summer/)
- [City of Round Rock - File #: PZ-2023-132](https://roundrock.legistar.com/gateway.aspx?m=l&id=13093)
- [Fetched web page](https://switchdotcom.s3-sites.data.switch.com/media/reports/esg/Switch-ESG-Report-2022.pdf)
- [Switch readying to build more data centers near Dell HQ - Austin Business Journal](https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2026/04/20/switch-round-rock-dell-the-rock-data-center-campus.html) — Austin Business Journal · 2026-04-20
- [Switch granted planning permission for data center in Round Rock, Texas - DCD](https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/switch-granted-planning-permission-for-data-center-in-round-rock-texas/) — Data Center Dynamics · 2023-10-27
- [Switch THE ROCK Campus Data Center in Austin | 150 Dell Way](https://www.datacentermap.com/usa/texas/austin/switch-the-rock-campus/)
- [Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)](https://www.ercot.com/)
- [The Data Center Boom Reshaping Williamson County, Texas | Hello Georgetown](https://www.hellogeorgetown.com/williamson-county-news/the-data-center-boom-reshaping-williamson-county-texas/)
- [Round Rock reviews new data center project](https://www.kxan.com/news/local/round-rock/round-rock-reviews-new-data-center-project/) — KXAN · 2025-12-04
- [LOGIX Fiber Networks Enhances AI Connectivity for Austin Data Centers](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/logix-fiber-networks-enhances-ai-connectivity-for-austin-data-centers-302242540.html)
- [Data Centers in Round Rock - City of Round Rock](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/city-departments/administration/data-centers-in-round-rock/)
- [Transparency: Economic Development - City of Round Rock](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/city-departments/finance/transparency/transparency-economic-development/)
- [Utility Billing - City of Round Rock](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/city-departments/utility-billing/)
- [Data center provider announces 1.5 million square foot project in Round Rock - City of Round Rock](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/news/data-center-provider-announces-1-5-million-square-foot-project-in-round-rock/) — City of Round Rock · 2021-06-03
- [Round Rock approves zoning for new data center - City of Round Rock](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/news/round-rock-approves-zoning-for-new-data-center/) — City of Round Rock · 2023-10-26
- [Round Rock City Council approves economic development agreement with Switch  - City of Round Rock](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/news/round-rock-city-council-approves-economic-development-agreement-with-switch/)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mr-06-16-2021-PZ-Project-Lever-PUD19-1.pdf)
- [Fetched web page](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Switch-Agreement-Fully-Executed-1.pdf)
- [What's being built near Austin? New homes, retail and data centers](https://www.statesman.com/business/real-estate/article/austin-development-projects-2026-22199618.php)
- [Switch - The AI, Cloud & Enterprise Data Center Experts](https://www.switch.com/)
- [Locations - Austin - Switch](https://www.switch.com/austin/)
- [Green Datacenter | Data Center Services | Switch](https://www.switch.com/sustainability/)
- [Switch Announces Fifth Prime Campus Expansion in Texas](https://www.switch.com/switch-announces-fifth-prime-expansion-with-development-of-exascale-data-center-campus-in-texas/) — Switch, Inc. · 2021-06-02
- [Switch AUS NAP05 Building Shell | Round Rock, TX](https://www.zabalist.com/projects/TABS2023017484)

## Data quality

- The resolved asset is a campus rather than a single building. The evidence links The Rock/Fifth Prime to the broader Dell-area campus and separately identifies the initial Switch building at 150 Dell Way.
- The 2023 Switch PUD north of Louis Henna Boulevard and east of Greenlawn Boulevard is treated as a campus expansion phase, not automatically as the same 150 Dell Way building.
- The KXAN article’s resident opposition and Skybox benefit claims were excluded from Switch-specific opposition or benefits because that article concerns a separate Skybox project.
- The City’s general data-center explainer discusses benefits and impacts using examples involving data centers broadly and Sabey; those statements were not attributed to Switch unless separately supported by the Switch-specific economic agreement.
- No unsupported claims are made here about Switch’s MW demand, water use, PUE, WUE, building count, tenants, equipment, or commercial terms.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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