Sabey Data Centers

Sabey Data Centers is a privately held US data centre developer and operator, known for large suburban campus developments near major metro areas. In May 2026, the company withdrew its 68 MW request to Seattle City Light for its Tukwila campus — the largest single utility request pulled from the Seattle queue. A second unnamed company simultaneously withdrew, signalling a broader retreat from the Seattle market under combined pressure from local opposition, utility grid constraints, and evolving moratorium politics.

The withdrawal contrasts with Equinix and Prologis, which remain in the Seattle City Light queue with a combined 249 MW across three facilities, suggesting that larger, better-capitalised operators can absorb the regulatory uncertainty that smaller or private developers cannot. Fairfax County, Virginia — one of Sabey's other key markets — simultaneously voted 8-2 to impose new data-centre regulations designed to prevent the kind of community backlash that overtook Loudoun and Prince William County.

Sabey's Tukwila decision is a leading indicator of how moratorium votes and utility queue constraints interact: when community opposition meets a constrained utility grid, private developers without anchor tenant commitments are the first to exit. The company still operates facilities in Seattle, Fairfax County, New York, Denver, and other markets, making the Tukwila withdrawal a tactical retreat rather than a wholesale exit from the Pacific Northwest.