Switch has filed plans with Big Beaver Borough in Pennsylvania to build a three-building data center campus on the site of a former motorsports complex, with the first phase potentially operational as early as January 2028.

Campus Details and Timeline

The project, formally named "Big Beaver Data Center/Switch Pit 01-03," calls for three facilities, each totaling 201,690 square feet, on a 382-acre site in Big Beaver, Beaver County, approximately 40 miles northwest of Pittsburgh near the Ohio state border.

Filed documents indicate the site's total backup generator capacity will reach 270 megawatts across all three buildings. Switch is targeting a launch for the first phase in January 2028, with all three buildings expected to be live by January 2030.

The project will include a new First Energy switching station connected to existing 345-kilovolt lines already on site, according to the filing documents.

A Motorsports Complex Converted

The site has a history rooted in motorsports. The 2.779-mile BeaveRun Motorsports Complex opened in 2002 and was acquired by Jim and Kathy Stout in 2011, who renamed it the Pitt International Race Complex.

The 400-acre property hosted amateur and professional automobile, motorcycle, and karting events over its operational lifetime.

In October 2025, the Stouts announced the complex would be closing.

The former Pitt International Race Complex in Wampum was initially acquired by Provident affiliate Wampum I LLC from BeaveRun Founders Development LLC in April.

Switch has since taken ownership of the site. Switch first announced plans for a data center campus outside Pittsburgh in May, identifying the 382-acre Big Beaver location, though full details of the project were not shared at that time.

The filing with Big Beaver Borough represents the first detailed public disclosure of the project's scope and schedule.

Switch's Broader Footprint and Ownership

Founded in 2000, Switch operates large-scale data center campuses, which it refers to as "Prime" locations in Austin, Texas; Reno and Las Vegas, Nevada; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Atlanta, Georgia.

The company has been expanding at many of its existing sites and developing new campuses near its current footprint. DigitalBridge, alongside IFM Investors, took Switch private in a USD 11 billion deal in December 2022.

Australian pension fund Aware Super invested USD 500 million into Switch in 2023.

The company is reportedly preparing to go public again through an initial public offering.