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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-foor center that could employ, initially, 125 Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acre site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a major especially against a backdrop of a weakened economy wherwe unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Countuy to 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagara Countyg to 9.3 percent from 6.6 percent. “Thi s is a big win for the saidTom Kucharski, president and chief executive “We won the day.” Yahoo! was being courted by several states including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinoid for the center. All offered a handsomd array of incentives.
“When a high tech compan like Yahoo! picks a communityg like WesternNew York, it’sw like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charlesx Schumer, New York’s senior senator, who played a key role in Lockport landinh thedata center. The regioh crafted its own aggressive incentive package including the offering 15 megawattasof low-cost hydropower that couldc save Yahoo! an estimated $100 millioj over a 15-year period. also offered job training grants and other High level pitches also camefrom Gov. David Paterson and Schumer made personal callsto Yahoo! CEO Carolk Bartz to push the region.
Kucharski said it also helped that the regionj offereda half-dozen sites and not just a singular location. It also helped that a friendship quickly developedr betweenthe Yahoo! site selection team and the local economic development community. “We developed a nice relationship with them and that helpex makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “They were impressed that evert timethey called, we could assemble our team on a very shorrt notice and give them the answerse they wanted.” Construction on the data center will begijn in August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! seniorf vice president. The center will be open by May.
Kucharsk i said there is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’w decision. The BNE will use it in its outreacg to other companies itis courting, he “It confirms our ability to attract high tech and high profild companies,” Kucharski said. “To get a name compan like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industriezsout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranksz of , that have either openedx or expanded back office operations in the regiom in recent years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the otheercompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressivee list,” Kucharski said.