In another strong wink at wanting to locate a sprawling data center in Butte, Sabey Data Centers flew leaders from Butte-Silver Bow County to Quincy, Washington on Tuesday to showcase its facility there.

J.P. Gallagher, Butte-Silver Bow’s chief executive, told commissioners Wednesday night that Sabey flew he and Community Development Director Karen Byrnes to Quincy in a private jet to tour the data center and talk with local officials about the benefits it has brought.

Gallagher said Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Chief Executive Bill Everett and his planning director also made the trip, as did three officials for NorthWestern Energy — the company that would supply power to a data center in Butte.

“I’m not here to tell you that we need to do this but we’ve already approved Sabey to take an

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