What 20+ Years Building Data Centers Taught Dave Sabey
What 20+ Years Building Data Centers Taught Dave Sabey
Dave Sabey was building data centers in Eastern Washington before the rest of the industry saw any reason to be there.
In this episode of Building What Matters, Dave joins McKinstry Chief Client Officer Matt Allen to share the lessons he learned from that head start that he still relies on today, how it shapes his thinking on where the country’s power will come from next and the future of the modern office.
One lesson Dave keeps coming back to: a data center project isn’t finished until the surrounding community is measurably better off – new schools, new fire stations, new libraries. He walks through why that standard, not just uptime or square footage, is what separates a project that lasts from one that doesn’t.
What you’ll learn:
- How a data center project helped fund not just schools, but a new city hall and library, in one Washington town
- The story of the coach from his childhood in Burien who changed the direction of his life
- His case for running a company as a “team of teams” instead of a traditional org chart
- The free “health optimization” benefit every employee gets, and the Warren Buffett line that convinced him to fund it
“This isn’t Las Vegas where I win, you lose. Everyone’s gotta win.” – Dave Sabey, on what makes a data center project worth building
Watch the full conversation above or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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Dave Sabey: Sabey Corporation
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