Buffalo Councilmember
Golombek says he would like to see data centers assist communities they locate in with infrastructure funding because they put a burden on infrastructure such as water and sewer systems.
Data centers in Erie County, New York
Erie County has 1 data center on the record; it is running. No county rule about data centers is on the record for Erie County itself; 1 body inside it has a scorecard row.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The data center in Erie County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- Not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
Drag with one finger to move the map, pinch to zoom. Tap a pin for the data center, a county for its rules
1 data center in Erie County: running. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Erie County on the record (1)
| City | Projects | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Buffalo | 1 | 1 |
What Erie County has decided
1 body, 0 decisions on the recordWhat the county and the cities in it have done about data centers: each body on its own row with its rating, open, case by case, restrictive or closed, never good or bad, and every vote, ordinance, moratorium or agreement behind its toggle, newest first, with its source. No dated decision is on the record yet.
- Buffalocity
No dated act on this row yet.
What was said
Buffalo Councilmember Joseph Golombek says the moratorium goal is to give the city time to update its zoning rules before more facilities are developed and to ensure future projects don't put additional strain on neighborhood infrastructure, including water and sewer systems.
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1 more statement on this page
Disclosed figures
nothing disclosed by 1 record
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: power, water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Erie County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Erie County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Erie County, New York", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ny/erie-county, updated September 22, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Erie County, New York", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/ny/erie-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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