Sabey Butte Data Center

AI data center in Butte, MT, United States: cancelled.

Status: Cancelled

Butte-Silver Bow agreed in 2025 to sell Sabey about 606 acres in the Montana Connections Business Development Park. REC Silicon, an existing tenant, exercised a right of first refusal, and Sabey terminated its buy-sell agreement on May 13, 2026 (Montana Standard, May 27, 2026). County officials said Sabey was still looking at other sites in southwest Montana, including Deer Lodge County. Commissioners approved selling 627.8 acres to REC Silicon in September 2026, which plans no development there for now. Source: The Montana Standard, 2026-05-27.

Paused and cancelled projects stay listed in the directory but are not counted in state totals, capacity totals or rankings.

Sabey Butte Data Center is a AI data center project located in Butte, MT, United States, currently cancelled. It was being developed by Sabey Data Centers. This project is one of thousands of data-center facilities tracked by Data Center Index across MT, United States, covering operational, under-construction, announced, and permitted sites.

Project description

Checked 2026-11-05 (fetched): Sabey had a deal to buy about 606 acres in the Montana Connections Business Development Park west of Butte; REC Silicon exercised a 1996 right of first refusal and Sabey terminated the agreement on May 13, 2026. Commissioners approved REC Silicon's purchase of 627.8 acres in September 2026 (Montana Standard, 2026-09-17).

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Frequently asked questions

What is Sabey Butte Data Center?
Sabey Butte Data Center is an AI data center project in Butte, Montana tracked by Data Center Index. Its status is cancelled. A cancelled campus stays listed with its source, but is never counted in state totals, capacity totals or rankings.
Where is Sabey Butte Data Center?
Sabey Butte Data Center is in Butte, Montana. Every tracked Montana campus, with counts and capacity, is at https://datacenterindex.ai/markets/montana.
Who is building Sabey Butte Data Center?
Sabey Data Centers was developing Sabey Butte Data Center.

Sources

  1. Sabey nixes buy-sell agreement with Butte-Silver Bow, but still hunting for data center site (mtstandard.com · press · 2026-05-27)
  2. The Montana Standard (mtstandard.com · press · 2026-05-27)