Data Bank Report June 2023 | Page 9

DATABANK
TONY QORRI TITLE : VP OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY : DATABANK
infrastructure wave , enabling enterprises , hyperscalers , cloud , content , and software customers to move their mission-critical workloads and platforms closer to end-user populations in second- , third- , and fourthtier markets .
Crucially , these deals have seen DataBank acquire expertise along with infrastructure . One such addition is VP of Construction , Tony Qorri , who joined the company as part of the zColo deal .
So how does Qorri explain DataBank ’ s growth in the face of a shrinking tech market ?
“ Tech companies might be cutting their staff , but it ' s not because people aren ’ t using technology ,” he says . “ In fact , people ’ s

EXECUTIVE BIO

Tony Qorri joined DataBank as
Vice President of Construction in December of 2021 with the responsibility of overall construction efforts on large construction projects as well as customer fit-out projects . Qorri came to Databank as part of the DataBank acquisition of Zayo ' s colocation division , zColo , where he served as Director of Construction for 7 years . Prior to Qorri ' s tenure at Zayo , he worked for a General Contracting / Construction Management firm in New York City where he served as Senior Vice President of Operations for 7 Years . Qorri has been in the mission critical industry for 15 years where he has built multiple Enterprise data centers for many of the financial institutions as well as the top 5 colocation companies on a global perspective . His time spent on both the contractor side as well as the end user side makes him a very well-rounded individual that understands all aspects of engineering , building , and operating a data center .