Sabey Data Centers: SDC Umatilla Building
About SDC Umatilla Building
SDC Umatilla is a major upcoming campus operated by Sabey Data Centers, situated in Umatilla, Oregon along the Columbia River. This purpose-built facility is part of Sabey’s strategy to deliver hyperscale/enterprise deployments with low total cost of ownership (TCO) and high energy efficiency. Its location in the Columbia River Cloud Corridorgives it strategic advantages: proximity to major West Coast metro hubs (e.g. Hillsboro, Portland, Seattle), access to renewable/hydropower, a mild/cool and seismically stable climate, and diverse fiber infrastructure.
⚙️ Facility Highlights
- Two purpose-built buildings totaling ~ 714,540 square feet of campus space.
- Aggregate power capacity of 150+ MW critical IT load upon full build-out.
- Estimated average annual PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) ~ 1.3.
- Floor-to-ceiling height up to ~ 22 feet in most halls, with typical drop ceiling of 14 ft and ~8 ft plenum space.
- Cooling: free cooling for most of the year enabled by the regional climate; supports both high-density air cooling and liquid cooling solutions for demanding deployments.
- Onsite substation to support reliable power delivery.
- Flexible, modular design: build-to-suit options, powered shell spaces, independent data halls, scalability for enterprise/hyperscale users.
🔐 Security & Compliance
- 24/7 onsite operations & security teams to respond to operational and security needs.
- Biometric locks on exterior doors, secure access checkpoints, and CCTV monitoring throughout campus.
- Perimeter security including fencing, setbacks, controlled building access.
- Secure access infrastructure (mantraps or secure access doors/checkpoints) built into facility design.
Compliance commitment: Sabey adheres to multiple industry compliance standards across its portfolio, working within service level agreements (SLAs) to protect equipment, data, business interests.
🌐 Connectivity & Carrier Access
- Carrier-neutral campus with multiple diverse fiber routes.
- Current carriers announced include Zayo and Windwave, with plans for additional carriers and cloud on-ramps.
- Dual campus fiber entries and redundant fiber pathways to regional POPs (Points of Presence) and low-latency dark fiber links to major regional metro hubs (Portland/Hillsboro, Seattle, Central Washington, Silicon Valley).
- Designed to support interconnection, cross-connects, and cloud on-ramp services.
💼 Who It Serves
- Hyperscale customers requiring large blocks of power, high rack density, and scalable infrastructure.
- Enterprise customers seeking colocation with robust security, reliable connectivity, and low operational cost.
- Workloads involving high-performance computing (HPC), GPU clusters, AI/ML deployments ‒ especially where liquid cooling or high density is required.
- Organizations emphasizing sustainability, renewable/clean power, low PUE, and needing resilient sites with geographic diversity for disaster recovery.

