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And also where land is more affordable , which is why Salt Lake City and Atlanta have become focal points for the company .
“ Those locations have been two we ' ve chased pretty aggressively ,” says Qorri . “ We ' ve got a lot of additional builds throughout the nation , but we ' ve got quite a bit of capital being spent in those markets .”
DataBank projects include greenfield and brownfield sites Qorri ’ s role is to run and manage DataBank ’ s expansion and development builds ,” including greenfield and brownfield retrofits , and expansions in any of the existing sites ”.
He explains : “ We ' ve got three models of construction . One is brand-new developments – so a greenfield ground-up building . Second is a brownfield site , where we buy a shell – some type of building , could have been a distribution centre or an office building – and we retrofit that .
“ The third is an existing facility that has maybe one to five data halls . We ' ll go in and expand that building over the course of time .”
From front-end to back-end , Qorri and his team hires and manages design consultants , contractors and the commissioning firms that ensure the data centres are functional . For good measure , he also runs the procurement arm of the organisation , an area that in recent years has been pivotal to the continued growth of the company .
Just over a year ago , DataBank hired a strategic sourcing manager who works for and closely with Qorri .
36 June 2023