DataBank’ s Tony Qorri explains how the company’ s unique Universal Data Hall Design provides a future-ready foundation for enterprise AI
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DataBank’ s Tony Qorri explains how the company’ s unique Universal Data Hall Design provides a future-ready foundation for enterprise AI
Twenty years working in mission-critical infrastructure brings many crucial lessons. Like the importance of people and effective community engagement in any construction project, an understanding of the need for continuous innovation and evolution or that without flexibility modern data centres can very easily fail.
Tony Qorri has lived this experience over more than two decades in the industry, moving through a career that spans general contract building of enterprise sites for financial firms in downtown Manhattan to his current role as Vice President, Construction at data centre innovator DataBank.
That experience has enabled Tony to play an important role in DataBank’ s rapid expansion. The company currently operates in 25 markets with 70 + data centres. In 2025 it delivered 75MW of commissioned capacity, a figure it expects to jump to 256MW over 2026. Between 2025 and 2030, DataBank aims to turn on approximately 1GW
76 February 2026