About Us

Our Company

Sentinel Data Centers was founded in 2001 in the wake of the dotcom crash to enable the industry’s most discerning users to access both world-class data center real estate and critical infrastructure management services through a simple and transparent business model. We have evolved over the 20+ years since our founding to become a trusted delivery partner to many of the economy’s largest and most data-intensive companies.

Statistics

Where Innovation Meets Infrastructure

Sentinel has developed over 3 million square feet of primary production and failover data centers for a diversity of enterprises, including multiple Fortune 500 corporations across industries including hyperscale cloud, AI, financial services, healthcare, technology, media and biotechnology, among others.

85% historical customers from Global 2000

3+ million square feet delivered since inception

Our core industries

Since inception, our mission has remained to align best-in-class facility infrastructure, engineering acumen, technical personnel and operations protocols towards the single obsessive purpose of sustaining secure and uninterrupted power, cooling and connectivity for our users’ critical applications.

We believe that continuity in critical operations is a function of perpetual foresight, rigorous documentation and complete transparency in communication and we strive to structure our organization accordingly.

Why Sentinel

Substance
Over Form

Our 20+ year track record of delivering both enterprise and hyperscale facilities for among the most stringent customers in the industry speaks for itself. We do not cut corners. We pursue excellence in every detail. We hold transparency as a core value.

Designed by premier engineers to the highest quality and resiliency standards and operated by highly-trained, diligent and experienced technicians.

Flexibility to accommodate the individual nuances of each customer’s program, and optimized for flexible growth and densification over time.

Designed by premier engineers to the highest quality and resiliency standards and operated by highly-trained, diligent and experienced technicians.

Flexibility to accommodate the individual nuances of each customer’s program, and optimized for flexible growth and densification over time.

Rigorously optimized for the highest PUE efficiencies in the industry, ensuring the lowest operating costs without degrading quality or reliability.

A 20+ year history of full-service data center facility operations for both owned and third-party data centers with deeply talented and experienced regional teams of engineers and operators.

Rigorously optimized for the highest PUE efficiencies in the industry, ensuring the lowest operating costs without degrading quality or reliability.

A 20+ year history of full-service data center facility operations for both owned and third-party data centers with deeply talented and experienced regional teams of engineers and operators.

Our Locations

Data Center Facilities

We have delivered in multiple regions throughout the US over our 20+ year history and aim to continually maintain a pipeline of power-ready and shovel-ready land to complement our active delivery projects.

Current Developments

Legacy Developments

Indiana

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Northern Virginia

Washington

New York

New England

North Carolina

Tennesse

Team

Meet the Team

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Contact

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Josh Rabina
CEO

Josh co-founded Sentinel Data Centers in 2002, initially acquiring and repositioning dotcom-era data centers and ultimately building a fully integrated builder, owner and operator. Josh has since overseen the successful delivery and operation of each of Sentinel’s campus and customer fit-outs, working collaboratively with many of the industry’s most demanding end users. In 2017, Josh integrated Sentinel and www.Rabina.com into a joint organization, deepening both firms’ pool of shared development resources and facilitating a new phase of growth for Sentinel. Josh continues to lead the day-to-day activities of the integrated firm that is collectively executing over $5 billion of ongoing or near-term development.

Nick Marzorati
VP Engineering

Nick is a passionate and energetic engineering leader, deeply experienced in collaborating with Sentinel’s customers to design and deliver custom-fit data center solutions from conception to commissioning.  Nick received a BE and ME from Stevens Institute of Technology and had more than a decade of experience in complex engineering and project management for a multitude of best-in-class data center clients prior to joining Sentinel.

Mike Epp
VP Construction

Mike is a veteran construction leader, deeply experienced in building best-in-class execution teams and complex mission critical construction.  Mike is based in Virginia and overseas Sentinel’s Mid-Atlantic construction activities. Prior to joining Sentinel, Mike spent 20+ years at AECOM Tishman, providing dynamic leadership across a range of challenging construction environments. Mike has an MS in Business Administration and a BS in Industrial & Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech.

Paul Hines
SVP Operations (Emeritus)

Paul oversaw operations at Sentinel’s managed data centers for  over 10 years, owning all operational elements from construction handoff and commissioning to customer care. Currently, Paul is partially-retired and works part-time to provide guidance and strategic oversight to Sentinel’s site and regional level operational leadership. Prior to joining Sentinel in 2009, Paul was the Managing Director and VP in charge of all critical facility operations and engineering for the NYSE, overseeing the entire NYSE critical facilities portfolio.  Paul has a MS in Management of Technology from the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the New York Institute of Technology.

Kaleb Maddox
Senior Director, Operations

Kaleb Maddox (CDCTP /CDCMP) is a deeply experienced operational leader with responsibility for the oversight of Sentinel’s facility operations for the NE Region.  Prior to Sentinel, Kaleb served nine years in the Navy involved in the critical operations of a nuclear-powered submarine, in which he had a primary focus on electrical systems. During time spent in the navy Kaleb pre-commissioned the Indiana, the newest Virginia class submarine, was a selected instructor for the naval nuclear power pipeline and qualified as a diver to support critical operations for the fleet. 

Pedro Polanco
Senior Director, Development

Pedro is a thoughtful and experienced development and construction leader, having fully managed all elements of permitting and construction on multiple Sentinel projects from inception to commissioning.  Prior to Sentinel, Pedro worked at both Turner Construction and at a private developer, overseeing complex construction in the life-science, mixed-use and mission-critical spaces. Pedro holds degrees in Economics and Civil Engineering from the University of Virginia and a Master’s in Real Estate Development from Columbia University.

Sam Nidenberg
Senior VP, Investments

Sam Nidenberg is a deeply skilled investment and financial professional, focused on acquisitions, joint ventures, analytically-intensive asset management functions and capital market activities across the entire Sentinel/Rabina platform.  Prior to joining Rabina, Sam held multiple acquisitions, financial and capital markets positions at JLL and another NY-based developer. Sam earned a BA in Economics and Mathematics from Hamilton College.

Mike Deluca
Senior VP, Compliance/Accounting

Mike is a veteran accounting and compliance leader. Mike and his team support all of the accounting needs across the entire Sentinel/Rabina platform’s development and operations activities, including financial statement preparation, budgeting, financing, and accounts payable and receivable. Mike has been integral to the platform for over 20 years, handling a wide array of complex transactions, domestically and internationally and providing critical support in the growth of the firm’s multiple development endeavors.

Ronald “Buster” Evans
Site Director

Buster is an experienced, skilled and customer-oriented operations leader with a deep technical and team-building skill set. Buster oversees site-specific services for Sentinel’s operations team. Prior to Sentinel, Buster was a Nuclear Electronics Technician Supervisor and Military Veteran with 20 years of experience in the U.S. Navy, having been prmoted through progressive levels of technical, leadership, and managerial experience in nuclear plant operation and maintenance.

Roger Sloan
Site Director

Roger is a seasoned, skilled and customer-oriented operations leader with site-level oversight responsibilities for all aspects of data center operations, strategic planning, and team leadership. Roger has over 16 years of experience, including seven years at Sentinel and nine years in the U.S. Navy as a submarine electronics technician. He holds a universal EPA 608 certification, is a Certified Data Center Management Professional (CDCMP), and earned his MBA with a specialization in Finance.

Kevin Groen
Director Construction

Kevin is a deeply experienced mission-critical technical leader with a full spectrum of experience in construction, commissioning and operations. Kevin is responsible for oversite of various complex MEP workstreams, often leading trade field activities and coordinating final QA/QC punchlisiting and commissioning activities through handoff to operations. Kevin has over 15 years of experience in the mission critical space having previously worked as a mission-critical MEP Project Manager at DPR Construction and prior to that at firms including JLL, CBRE, Clune Construction, and Digital Realty Trust.

Tim Morneau
Controller

Tim is an experienced, skilled and diligent accounting leader, responsible for directing the accounting, tax, and financial reporting activities across the Sentinel/Rabina platform.  Tim began his career in public accounting/audit and was a Senior Associate at Marcum LLP focused on real estate. Tim received his Master of Professional Accountancy and Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from Bryant University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Jaclyn Fritzky
Senior Director, Administration

Jaclyn has been a core member of the Sentinel platform for 8+ years, overseeing key elements of HR and administration and interfacing with site admin teams to ensure seamless and consistent service throughout the portfolio.

Ryan Opett
Construction Accounting/Compliance

Ryan is dedicated to assuring rapid and high quality reporting and requisitioning with respect to Sentinel’s development projects, overseeing cost management, reporting and financial compliance with respect to Sentinel’s data center construction activities. Ryan has over nine years of experience in mission critical finance and accounting, having most recently worked for Stack Infrastructure in Manassas VA on multiple hyperscale data center development projects. Ryan holds a BA in finance and accounting from Univ. Maryland.

Alan Frastai
Senior Associate, Investments

Alan is a Senior Associate on the Investments team, managing day-to-day activities with respect to acquisitions, capital-markets executions, and analytically-intensive asset management across the Sentinel/Rabina platform. Alan also spearheads site sourcing, entitlement and due-diligence efforts for Sentinel. Alan holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Cognitive Science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael Olivieri
Chief Engineer

Michael is a highly technical and diligent operations engineer, having helped oversee operations at multiple Sentinel facilities over the last 5+ years. Previously, Michael served six years with the US Navy Nuclear Power Program, with a focus on quality assurance and maintenance programs. He also has over five years’ experience as a Rotary Uninterruptible Power Supply Technician, specializing in the installation, maintenance, and repair of rotary UPS systems.

Jason Northrop
Chief Engineer

Jason is a deeply skilled and talented data center engineer with over 20 years of experience in data center operations in Seattle, Iowa and Virginia. Jason has been with Sentinel for 6+ years and is a critical contributor within the operations team.

Brian O’Neil
Assistant Chief and Maintenance Coordinator

Brian is a skilled data center engineer with primary responsibilities for maintenance coordination and quality control. Brian has worked for Sentinel for 5+ years and previously served as part of the US Navy’s Nuclear Power Program, as both an operator and instructor for 11 years.

Trish Dally
Administrative Associate

Trish has been a core member of the Sentinel team for over 8 years, overseeing all administrative functions for the Mid-Atlantic region.

Daniella Giaquinto
Administrative Associate

Danielle is a core member of the Sentinel team, overseeing all administrative functions for the NE region.