Switch, Global Technology Infrastructure Leader, Joins Corporate Philanthropy Partners

Switch the global technology infrastructure corporation that develops hyperscale data center ecosystems for elite colocation, enterprise hybrid cloud and connectivity solutions has joined the Community Foundation’s Corporate Philanthropy Partner (CPP) program. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Las Vegas, Switch is built on the intelligent and sustainable growth of the Internet. Its CEO and Founder, Rob Roy, has developed more than 580 issued and pending patent claims covering data center designs that manifested into their world-renowned data centers and their technology solution ecosystems. “Switch builds and operates the most advanced data centers on the planet,” said Adam Kramer, Executive Vice President for Strategy. “With one of four hyperscale data center campuses strategically located in Reno at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center, Switch has a large presence in four different quadrants of the United States serving the northeast, the southeast, the northwest, and the southwest.” Besides the Tahoe Reno location called The Citadel Campus that serves the northwest quadrant, they also have facilities at their corporate headquarters in Las Vegas called The Core Campus serving the southwest, The Pyramid Campus in Grand Rapids, Mich. serving the northeast, and The Keep Campus in Atlanta, GA serving the southeast. Switch is the recognized world leader in data center design, development, and mission-critical operations. All their data centers are powered by 100% renewable energy – wind, solar and/or geothermal – and Greenpeace has ranked them at the highest level with A grades in all environmentally-friendly categories. “We strategically build away from natural disaster areas and within business-friendly locations. When we were doing the site review of Reno, I fell in love with it and in fact, I moved my family to Reno from our headquarters in Las Vegas. Reno has easy and quick access to data from the Bay Area and with the natural beauty of the place, its people and burgeoning culinary scene, Reno attracts employees and clients,” Kramer said. Rob Roy believes in building better communities and improving local economies through technology, education, and economic diversification. By leveraging Switch’s data centers as platforms for economic development, the company fulfills its mission to positively impact their campus location communities. They further this cause with The Innevation Centers, which are Switch’s collaborative business hubs offering co-working and community event venues designed to help drive local economies forward. The Innevation Centers include one at Switch’s Core Campus in Las Vegas and one in downtown Reno, in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno. Membership in the CPP program is another indication of their deep community involvement and philanthropic efforts.

“There aren’t many non-profits that have been around 20 or more years like the Community Foundation and have the track record of helping the number of non-profits they do in granting out $115 million over that time frame. The Community Foundation is a trusted organization, so it was a no brainer to contribute,” Kramer said. “Our primary focus is that we are a Nevada company made up of Nevadans. This is our home, where our headquarters is located, and we take that seriously to be a part of the communities we call home. We plan to be here and to grow for decades to come,” Kramer said.