Data Centers in Las Vegas

Las Vegas – Strategic Hub for Southwest Scale and Resilience

Executive Summary

Las Vegas serves as the primary resilient alternative to saturated coastal markets for organizations requiring high-density deployments. It is a critical nexus for gaming, technology, and disaster recovery workloads where maintaining sub-millisecond proximity to the Southwest is mandatory for revenue and speed.

Las Vegas: At A Glance

Network & Connectivity Ecosystem

Carrier Density & Carrier Neutrality: Carrier count: over 24 as of December 2025. Across 31 data centers, operators find ~100 carriers, ensuring competitive transit and transport pricing for any scale of operation.

Direct Cloud On-Ramps: Over 11, enabling access to 12 cloud regions as of December 2025. Local connectivity provides direct, high-speed paths to AWS, Google Cloud (GCP), and Microsoft Azure.

Internet Exchange Points (IXPs): Traffic is managed through regional exchanges and private interconnects, ensuring data stays local for reduced latency across the Southwest as of December 2025.

Bare Metal: Sturdy bare metal options are available through providers like phoenixNAP and Hivelocity as of December 2025.

Power Analysis

Average Cost Of Power: $0.07/kWh, as of December 2025. These rates provide a massive operational cost advantage over neighboring California hubs while maintaining an energy mix that is 43% renewable and 53% natural gas as of December 2025.

Power Grid Reliability: The primary data center corridors feature a well-engineered grid with multi-substation support. Reliability remains consistent during extreme summer demand periods due to the resilient regional distribution network as of December 2025.

Market Access, Business & Tax Climate

Proximity To Key Business Districts: Data centers are centrally located to serve the technology and hospitality sectors concentrated in the resort corridor and North Las Vegas. Physical access and low-latency synchronization are optimized for local headquarters as of December 2025.

Regional Market Reach: Las Vegas serves as a critical bridge between Southern California and the Intermountain West. It reaches a massive population across the desert Southwest with significantly lower operational overhead than Los Angeles or San Francisco as of December 2025.

Tax Advantage For Data Centers: Nevada provides specific financial benefits for large-scale digital infrastructure. State programs offer partial abatements on personal property and sales tax for companies that meet investment requirements for new or expanded facilities as of December 2025.

Natural Disaster Risk

Overall Risk: High (90.55/100) as of December 2025.

Top Hazards: The highest natural hazards for this region include heat waves, drought, earthquakes, wildfires, and lightning as of December 2025. While the risk score is high, the infrastructure is purpose-built to manage extreme thermal conditions and seismic activity. Other risks like winter weather and landslides are typically localized to the surrounding mountainous terrain as of December 2025.