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Switch wins Las Vegas expansion approval even as data center backlash sweeps across Nevada

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A wave of discontent with data centers has risen across the United States, and that wave is continuing in Nevada.

The latest target? An expansion to the already massive Switch facility in the southwest Las Vegas Valley.

Switch’s plan was unanimously approved Wednesday by the Clark County Commission, sitting in its capacity as the Clark County Zoning Commission. But it didn’t come before residents spoke out about the plan and at least one county commissioner openly talked about the need for the county to come up with guidelines for any new data centers.

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