Kevin Ooley Named to Observer’s A.I. Power Index

Recognition Highlights Leaders Whose Decisions Are Shaping Capital Flow in A.I.

Dallas, TX - July 21, 2026 - DataBank, a leading provider of enterprise-class colocation, interconnection, and managed services, announced today that Kevin Ooley, Chief Financial Officer, has been named to Observer's 2026 A.I. Power Index, recognizing the individuals whose decisions are setting the terms for the rest of the artificial intelligence industry.

Unlike traditional industry rankings based on scale, compute, capital raised, headcount, and other variables, Observer's A.I. Power Index identifies leaders by influence. These are people who occupy positions where a single decision changes what the rest of the industry has to do next. Honorees include executives building leading A.I. models, leaders of the infrastructure powering them, figures in the open-source movement, and the capital allocators determining which bets get funded. Ooley was recognized in this last category, for the role he plays directing capital into the physical infrastructure that A.I. runs on.

Ooley leads DataBank's financing strategy at a moment when data center operators face intense competition for capital, power, and land. Under his direction, DataBank recently expanded its development credit facility from $725 million to $1.6 billion, a move Ooley has described as a strong signal of lender confidence in data centers as long-duration, mission-critical assets. The facility supports an expansion pipeline of nearly 20 projects, growing capacity from 60 MW to 107 MW across the company's priority U.S. markets.

"Being named to Observer's 2026 A.I. Power Index is a meaningful recognition of the impact DataBank is having on the direction of artificial intelligence," said Kevin Ooley, CFO at DataBank. "It reflects our team's work securing the capital that lets us build ahead of demand, and the influence that financing discipline has on how fast the industry can scale."

View the complete 2026 A.I. Power Index: https://observer.com/list/2026-ai-power-index/.

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About DataBank

DataBank helps the world's largest enterprises, technology, and content providers ensure their data and applications are always on, always secure, always compliant, and ready to scale to meet the needs of the artificial intelligence era.

Recognized by Deloitte in 2023 and 2024, and Inc. 5000 in 2024 as one of the fastest-growing private US companies, DataBank's edge colocation and infrastructure footprint consists of 70+ "HPC-ready" data centers in 25+ markets, 20 interconnection hubs, and on-ramps to an ecosystem of cloud providers with virtually unlimited reach.

We combine these platforms with contract portability, managed security, compliance enablement, hands-on support, and a guarantee of 100% uptime availability, to give our customers absolute confidence in their IT infrastructure and the power to create a boundless digital future for their business.

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