Microsoft Silver Springs Nevada

Microsoft Silver Springs Nevada is a data center operated by Microsoft in Silver Springs, NV, US. The facility is currently planned. It sits in the McCarran data-center market on the WECC grid, which DC Hub's Data Center Power Index currently rates CAUTION, with an estimated 10.3-month time-to-power. The market shows mixed signals — validate live grid headroom and queue depth before committing capacity.

Status
Planned
Market
Reno
City
Silver Springs
State
NV
Country
US

Market intelligence

CAUTION

Data Center Power Index verdict for McCarran — the market this facility sits in.

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Market context

DC Hub analyst read on McCarran — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

McCarran presents a bifurcated operational environment: power availability remains adequate at 51/100 excess-power capacity, but infrastructure constraints are rising to concerning levels at 33/100. Across 38 tracked facilities totaling 0 MW of aggregate capacity reporting, the market shows fragmentation dominated by operators of unknown classification 16 facilities, followed by two unidentified operators with 14 facilities each. Switch operates 6 facilities, while EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure and Switch, Ltd. each control a single asset, indicating a market where no operator commands decisive scale advantage. The CAUTION verdict warrants careful position reassessment for acquisition-focused investors. While excess-power remains above the midline, the constraint score of 33/100 signals emerging bottlenecks in interconnect density, cooling infrastructure, or grid delivery—precisely…

Location

Area Silver Springs, NV, US

Approximate area (about 1 km)

Market & grid context

Published DC Hub data for this location.

MarketMcCarran
Grid operatorWECC
Data Center Power IndexCAUTION
Est. time to power10.3 months
LocationSilver Springs, US
Nearest substationwithin 1 km

Fiber connectivity

Networks recorded as present at or immediately around Microsoft Silver Springs Nevada in public peering records. Treat this as a map of who is there, not as a list of contracted cross-connects — availability, diversity and pricing are the operator’s to confirm.

Microsoft

Source: PeeringDB carrier-to-facility records, matched to this site by location. A network listed here may sit in a neighbouring hall or an adjacent building at the same address, so presence is reported for the location rather than for a single suite.

Power generation nearby

DC Hub tracks 42 operating generating units totalling 1,811 MW within about 50 km of Silver Springs, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Oil/Gas1,381 MW · 8 units · 76%
Geothermal297 MW · 20 units · 16%
Utility-Scale Solar133 MW · 14 units · 7%

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Other data centers nearby

Comparable facilities in Silver Springs tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.

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Data: DC Hub global infrastructure database · Raw JSON
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