Manse Technology Campus (Pahrump)
Also called: Project Blackjack
Gigawatt Development proposed an $18.4 billion, 900-acre data center campus in Pahrump. Residents worried about water. In August 2026 the county banned data centers in the Pahrump water basin, so the plan appears blocked at this site.
Where things stand: Nye County banned data centers in the Pahrump water basin in Aug. 2026. The developer has not said what it will do.
🕒 Latest update (Aug 18, 2026): Nye County commissioners banned data centers in Pahrump Water Basin 162.
What we know
- 📍 WherePahrump area (Water Basin 162), Nye County
- 🏢 CompanyManse Technology Campus LLC
- 🏛️ Owned byGigawatt Development
- 🌳 Size900 acres
- 💧 Waterwater rights the developer owns; under 300 acre-feet a year (company claim)
- ❄️ Coolingclosed-loop (company claim)
- 💵 Cost$18.4 billion
❓ Still unanswered
Nobody has answered these in public yet. Can you help find out?
- Will Gigawatt Development seek a zoning change or move the project elsewhere? 🙋 I'll find out
- Will Nye County voters get a special election on the data center ban? 🙋 I'll find out
What happened so far
- July 25, 2026Developer held a Q&A about the data center at the Nye County Commission chambers.
- Aug 18, 2026Nye County commissioners banned data centers in Pahrump Water Basin 162.
Local votes and rules
⚖️ Court case
Two companies that own about 911 acres along Carpenter Canyon Road and State Route 160 for the Manse Technology Center (CDDC, LLC and 9 of a Kind, LLC) asked a court to review Nye County's Pahrump data center ban. They say it violates their property rights and that the county's zoning on their land is too vague.
🚫 Ban
Nye County commissioners voted to ban building and running data centers in the Pahrump area and groundwater Basin 162, one of Nevada's most over-used water basins. The ban was added to the county land-use code (Ordinance 631). Nevada news outlets called it the first outright data center ban in the state. A proposal to let voters decide in a special election died without a motion.
An aerial photo of the area.
Where this comes from
- OPINION: Big Pahrump data center proposal turns heads of skeptical residents · The Nevada Independent · July 2026
- Nye County commissioners approve ban on data centers in Pahrump Water Basin 162 · News 3 Las Vegas · Aug 18, 2026
- Nye County commissioners approve data center ban in Pahrump · FOX5 Las Vegas · Aug 19, 2026
- What steps are Southern Nevada leaders taking — or not taking — to regulate the growing data center industry? · KTNV · Sept 2026
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