Switch, developer and operator of the humongous and extravagant data center facilities in Las Vegas called SuperNAPs, says it went on a sales binge in the month of August. The company said it had sold 19MW of data center capacity to 23 clients last month.

All of this capacity is provided by SuperNAP 8, the provider's latest build-out in town, launched in April. This building and SuperNAP 9 – also in the works – is expected to bring the company's total capacity in Las Vegas to about 1m sq ft.

Missy Young, EVP of colocation at Switch, said the company's appeal as a data center provider was attributable to both quality design and construction as well as its co-op system for purchasing connectivity and other services for its clients. “Once enterprise clients start to work with those purchasing verticals, they quickly realize that no other ecosystem in the world can bring about a total technology return on investment like the SuperNAPs,” she said.

The company says it has access to more than 80 carriers and providers of cloud services and operates a “network-buying consortium.” Collectively, the consortium's buying power represents about US$2tr, according to a Switch news release.

The amount of data center capacity in the Las Vegas market has been growing at a steady pace recently. In February, a company called Cobalt, launched a 34,000 sq ft data center there, for example.

Also in February, ViaWest launched a 110,000 sq ft facility in the city. In August, construction company Swinerton Builders announced it was building a US$50m data center in Vegas for Telecom Real Estate Services.