Tahoe Reno Industrial Center

The Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRI Center, or TRIC) is a privately owned 107,000 acres (167 sq mi) industrial park, located east of Reno, Nevada and south of Interstate 80.[1][2] The center is the largest in the United States, occupying over half of the land mass in Storey County, and is home to more than a hundred companies and their warehouse logistics centers and fulfillment centers such as PetSmart, Home Depot, Walmart. and others.[3] The Gigafactory 1 is being built there to serve Tesla Motors and Panasonic.[4] Tesla says that once completed the Gigafactory will be the largest building on the planet.[5]

Main parts of TRI, 2017

Facilities include rail-serviced sites with Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway, municipal water and sewer, natural gas service, and five power plants on site producing more than 900 megawatts (1,200,000 hp).[1][6][7]

History

In 1995, Storey County saw an opportunity in the open area close to rail and highway, but isolated from residential areas avoiding disturbance.[8] Mars/PetSmart became the first tenant.[9] In 2020, TRIC was one of the areas depicted in the art exhibition "Countryside, The Future" by architect Rem Koolhaas at the New York Guggenheim Museum.[10][11]

Private extension

In 1998, private developers bought 102,000 acres of the adjacent Asamera ranch (formerly McCarran ranch) from Gulf Canada for $20 million cash,[8][12] and the area was zoned as "I-2 Heavy Industrial" in 2000, including retail.[8][13] About 30,000 acres are developable.[14] It operates as a public–private partnership, where the owners provide $5 million for the county to support TRIC. The owners also built infrastructure such as roads, rail, gas, power, water, and sewer, and are reimbursed with 35% of the tax paid by the tenant companies to the county.[8][15] The owners built the six-mile, four-lane USA Parkway between TRIC and I-80 for $60 million in 2007 as the second access, along with rail spur.[12][16]

In 2009 TRIC had 4,500 employees on 11 million sq ft of buildings,[8] growing to 14 million sq ft in 2014,[16] and 5,000 employees in 2015, increasing to over 18,000 employees by 2018.[17] The additions have contributed to economic activity in the Reno area.[18][19][20] NDOT took over USA Parkway for $43 million in 2015, extending it for $70 million to U.S. Route 50 to cope with projected increasing traffic.

Construction

Switch opened a 130 MW data center in 2017, with plans for 650 MW on its 2,000-acre site.[21][22][23] It is scheduled to occupy 7.2 million square feet[22] and cost $4 billion,[24] with the aim of being Tier 5-approved.[25][26]

A 91-unit Studio 6 Hotel started construction in 2017. A Courtyard by Marriott is scheduled nearby.[27]

In 2017, Google purchased 1,200 acres of land for $26.1 million, to be used as a data center.[28] Construction was underway in 2019.[29]

In 2018 Blockchains bought 67,000 acres for a cryptocurrency-powered libertarian city.[5]

Top employers

Incomplete list, sorted by number of employees.[30][31]

Employer 2016 2017 2019
Gigafactory total 850[32] 3000[33] 7,557[34]
Tesla 5,540
Panasonic 1200[33] 1,825
Heitkamp & Thumann 192
Wal-Mart (Distribution) 600-699[30]
Zulily 500-599[30]
Thrive Market 218[35]
James Hardie 100-199[30]

References
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  5. Manaugh, Geoff (April 18, 2019). "Move Over, San Andreas: There's an Ominous New Fault in Town". Wired.
  6. "Our Power Supply". www.nvenergy.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  7. Frank A. Tracy Generating Station
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  30. "Top Employers". Nevada Labor Market Information, 1st Quarter 2016. Retrieved October 25, 2016. Click Storey County
  31. Seddon, Jana. "2016/17 Storey County Secured Assessment Roll", from county records
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  34. "Combined Summary and Transferable Tax Credit" (PDF). 2019-09-13.
  35. "GOED Board of Directors Approve Eight Companies at July Meeting", page 7 Nevada Governor's Office of Economic Development, AUGUST 2016.

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