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US Department of Commerce Fact Sheet on Data Center Jobs

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Please note that questions are being answered to the best of the committee's ability and with information from representatives from Sabey. It is important to note that this project is still in the early stages (initial exploration of the project and it's feasibility).

All questions answered below are based on the following project parameters:

Full Build Out
200 Megawatt Facility/Campus
$1 Billion Investment

How many jobs can we expect from this project?
There are 2 types of jobs that will result from this project.

Type 1: Construction Jobs. Construction of Sabey's facilities is expected to span a 10-20 year period. Construction jobs for this project will be anywhere from 500-600 workers. Sabey has met with local unions and plans to utilize union labor for these jobs.
Type 2: Campus Jobs. Sabey's Quincy Washington Campus hosts around 200 employees. Roughly half of these are direct Sabey employees, and the other half are employees of tenants in the facility. At full build out we could expect roughly the same number of jobs in a phased approach as the campus is scaled.

References:

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/marketwatch/winning-hearts-and-minds/#:~:text=At%20any%20one%20time%2C%20there,own%20employees%2C%20and%20construction%20employment.

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/17/nx-s1-5501579/washington-hydropower-data-center-boom-sustainability-climate-change#:~:text=While%20there's%20no%20shortage%20of,about%20150%20people%20long%2Dterm.&text=Microsoft%20would%20not%20disclose%20how,individual%20median%20income%20for%20Quincy.