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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-foogt center at the Lockport Industrial Park. The data center could employ, initially, 125 people. Yahoo! has peggeds a 30-acre site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a major especially against a backdrop of a weakenedc economy where unemployment has increased in the past year in Erie Countgyto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent, and in Niagaraw County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the said Tom Kucharski, president and chiev executive officer. “We won the day.” Yahoo!
was beingh courted by several statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the All offered a handsomed array of incentives. “When a high tech companhy like Yahoo! picks a community like Western New York, it’s like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charlexs Schumer, New York’s senior senator, who played a key role in Lockportt landing thedata center. The regionb crafted its own aggressive incentives package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropowef that could save Yahoo! an estimated $100 million over a 15-yearf period. also offered job training grants andother incentives. High level pitches also came from Gov. David Paterso n and Schumer.
Schumer made personal calls to Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz to push the region. Construction on the data centef will beginin August, said Davids Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice The center will be open by May.
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