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SABEY DATA CENTERS BREAKS GROUND ON FINAL PHASE OF ASHBURN CAMPUS EXPANSION
Sabey Data Centers, a leading data centre developer, owner and operator, has announced the start of construction on Building A, the third and final facility on its highly connected Ashburn campus. Located in Loudoun County’ s renowned‘ Data Center Alley’, this expansion will initially deliver 18 megawatts of leasable power capacity, with a further 36 megawatts planned for future delivery.
Once complete, it will become the first three-storey data centre in the Sabey portfolio, offering a total of 54 megawatts of power capacity.
With an expected Ready for Service date in 2026, Ashburn A is engineered to support a variety of cooling configurations, including air-cooled, liquid-cooled or hybrid environments. It is designed to accommodate high-density deployments exceeding 100 kilowatts per rack, reinforcing Sabey’ s commitment to delivering scalable and efficient infrastructure solutions that meet the evolving needs of enterprise and hyperscale clients.
“ Starting construction on Building A marks a significant milestone for Sabey Data Centers as we continue to expand our presence in Northern Virginia,” said Tim Mirick, President of Sabey Data Centers.“ This development will create significant additional capacity and room for our customers to efficiently and sustainably scale.”
Sabey’ s Ashburn campus spans 38 acres and, upon full build-out, will provide a total campus capacity of 85 MW. The entire facility is designed with energy efficiency in mind, with current buildings averaging an annualised Power Usage Effectiveness( PUE) of 1.35, helping reduce both emissions and total cost of ownership.
SambaNova, a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, has announced SambaManaged, the industry’ s first inferenceoptimised data centre product offering, deployable in just 90 days – dramatically faster than the typical 18 to 24 months. Designed for rapid deployment, the modular product enables existing data centres to immediately stand up AI inference services with minimal infrastructure modification.
Rodrigo Liang, CEO and co-founder of SambaNova
Data centres grapple with lengthy deployment timelines of 18 – 24 months, extensive power requirements, and costly facility upgrades. SambaManaged addresses these critical barriers, enabling organisations to quickly launch profitable AI inference services leveraging existing power and network infrastructure.
“ Data centres are struggling with power, cooling, and expertise challenges as AI demand grows,” said Abhi Ingle, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at SambaNova.“ SambaManaged delivers high-performance AI with just 10kW of air-cooled power and minimal infrastructure changes – making rapid deployment simple for any data centre.”
Key advantages for data centres and cloud providers:
performance per watt, maximising return on investment and reducing total cost of ownership.
• Rapid deployment: Launch a fully managed AI inference service in as little as 90 days, minimising integration challenges and accelerating time to value.
• Open model flexibility: Achieve lightning-fast inference with leading open-source models, ensuring no vendor lock-in and future-proof operations.
• Modular, scalable design: Scale from small to large deployments with ease, including the capability to build a 1 MW‘ Token Factory’( 100 racks or 1,600 chips) or larger that scales with evolving business needs.
• Managed or self-service options: Choose a fully managed service or take over operations as internal expertise grows, supported by a customisable developer / enterprise UI and flexible pricing models.
“ While others talk about the future of AI, we’ re delivering it – today,” said Rodrigo Liang, CEO and co-founder of SambaNova.“ SambaManaged is a game-changer for organisations that want to accelerate their AI initiatives without compromising on speed, scale, or efficiency. Anywhere you have power and networking, we can bring your AI infrastructure online in record time.”
• Unmatched efficiency: Sets a new industry benchmark for
SAMBANOVA LAUNCHES QUICK-DEPLOY AI INFERENCE FOR DATA CENTRES
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