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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingythe 190,000-square-foot center that could initially, 125 people. 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 wher unemployment has increased in past year in Erie County to 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagara County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the community,” said Tom president and chief executive officer. “Wwe won the day.” Yahoo! was being courtes by several statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinoiss for the center. All offered a handsome array of incentives.
“When a high tech company like Yahoo! picks a community like WesternNew it’s like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charle Schumer, New York’s seniort senator, who played a key role in Lockporf landing thedata center. The region crafted its own aggressive incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropowe r that could save Yahoo! an estimate d $100 million over a 15-year period. also offeres job training grants and other High level pitches also camefrom Gov. David Patersob and Schumer. Schumer made personak calls to Yahoo! CEO Carol Bart to push the region.
Kucharski said it also helper that the region offereda half-dozenh sites and not just a singular location. It also helpedf that a friendship quickly developed betweenthe Yahoo! site selection team and the locaol economic development community. “We developed a nice relationship with them and that helpedf makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “They were impressed that everyt timethey called, we could assemble our team on a very shor t notice and give them the answers they wanted.” Constructio on the data center will begin in August, said Davi Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The center will be open by May.
Kucharskik said there is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’ decision. The BNE will use it in its outreach to othere companies itis courting, he said. “It confirms our ability to attract high tech and highprofile companies,” Kucharski “To get a name companu like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industriees out there.” Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eithetr opened or expanded back office operations in the regiomn in recent years. “Yoh add it into the mix of the some of the otherrcompanies we’ve landed and it becomess a very impressive Kucharski said.