Switch and Capital Dynamics have announced three groundbreakings in Nevada, which, along with an earlier phase, will continue Switch founder and CEO Rob Roy’s plans to develop one of the largest solar footprint and battery storage projects in the technology industry.
“In the midst of this unprecedented moment in our state’s history, Switch and its partners are investing $1.3 billion, creating over a thousand new jobs and accelerating Nevada’s leadership in the world’s renewable energy economy,” said Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak. “Projects like this are exactly what the legislature had in mind when it passed and I signed SB547 to expand investment and jobs in Nevada.”
The massive scale of these phases of Gigawatt 1 will use thousands of solar panels made by U.S.-based First Solar and battery storage utilizing Tesla Megapack which is manufactured at the Tesla Gigafactory in Storey