# Verizon Data Center Coming to WNY? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952 "2010-09-30T05:00:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/1 "2010-09-30T05:00:25Z")
> [@BuffaloNews.com](#): > > SOMERSET — Town officials are moving ahead with plans to **rezone 180 acres of lakefront property** , owned by AES Somerset and adjacent to that company’s power plant, that could become home to a Verizon Communications data center. > > Verizon Communications **may spend nearly $2 billion** to build a massive data center in rural Niagara County, with at least **200 employees** , according to a source familiar with the company’s inquiries locally. [http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/niagara-county/article203524.ece](http://www.buffalonews.com/city/communities/niagara-county/article203524.ece) [http://www.buffalonews.com/business/article204723.ece](http://www.buffalonews.com/business/article204723.ece) -Newer Article I think it’d be a great addition to the State/WNY. This may be the boost we need to get things rolling around here. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/2 "2010-09-30T05:01:21Z")
Buffalo NY = New tech sector w00t I haven’t heard anything more about Google buying land in lockport though. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/3 "2010-09-30T05:13:16Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Buffalo NY = New tech sector w00t > > I haven’t heard anything more about Google buying land in lockport though. Article on that as well [http://bit.ly/c2lQek](http://bit.ly/c2lQek) Google would be a big thing for us. If they build a data center they aren’t going to fuck around. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/4 "2010-09-30T05:20:11Z")
IB someone says build it at canal side. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/5 "2010-09-30T05:23:30Z")
i’d rather see it in Buffalo, but it would be pretty sweet either way. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/harvey/32/5069_2.png) [@Harvey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Harvey)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/6 "2010-09-30T05:30:06Z")
:tup: ---
**Author:** ![OfficerK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@OfficerK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OfficerK)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/7 "2010-09-30T05:35:55Z")
> [@Geehee](#): > > i’d rather see it in Buffalo, but it would be pretty sweet either way. HAHHHHHHHHHH They would tax the crap out of them…hence why it’s in Niagara Co. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/8 "2010-09-30T05:41:14Z")
> Under the weight of a multibillion- dollar deficit, the State Assembly in the spring passed a bill that would require telephone companies to return 40 percent of their proceeds to the state if they reached a joint venture with another company or sold off some of their properties in New York.\ > “This legislation is being painted as ‘consumer protection,’ when, in the end, it could be a knife in the heart of this project,” said Craig Turner, vice president of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. Of course NY has to derail any new budding industry the state has been able to attract by taxing the shit out of it. Hopefully Maziarz can bury this legislation enough to convince Verizon it will never pass. EDIT: LOL… yeah, put in Buffalo, so the common council can demand a community benefits agreement and the hiring of X percent of city residents who don’t even know what a computer is work there. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/9 "2010-09-30T05:46:33Z")
NYS is basically the alcoholic father you can’t bring your friends around. You are too worried your dad will embarrass the shit out of you. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/10 "2010-09-30T06:02:00Z")
More like a drug addict, because they’re much more likely to steal money from family to feed their habit. ---
**Author:** ![Mankthetank19](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mankthetank19/32/5295_2.png) [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/11 "2010-09-30T08:45:01Z")
This is good news - looks like Buffalo will be known for the data center capital of the east - first Yahoo, probably Verizon, and in the long run… Google?. Also, downtown Buffalo has Equinix now. IT is growing in Buffalo. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/12 "2010-09-30T08:46:54Z")
“Buffalo…India-level wages with free cooling and East Coast ping times!” ---
**Author:** ![Mankthetank19](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mankthetank19/32/5295_2.png) [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 8:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/13 "2010-09-30T08:53:36Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > “Buffalo…India-level wages with free cooling and East Coast ping times!” Def not Inida-level wages at Yahoo! ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/14 "2010-09-30T10:09:29Z")
> [@Mankthetank19](#): > > This is good news - looks like Buffalo will be known for the data center capital of the east - first Yahoo, probably Verizon, and in the long run… Google?. > > Also, downtown Buffalo has Equinix now. > > IT is growing in Buffalo. Data Center Capital of the East? psht, gonna take a long time before ya’ll catch up to the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel-Hill Area ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/15 "2010-09-30T10:14:26Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > Data Center Capital of the East? psht, gonna take a long time before ya’ll catch up to the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel-Hill Area \*North-East ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/16 "2010-09-30T10:16:44Z")
😉 ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/17 "2010-09-30T10:34:25Z")
> [@Mankthetank19](#): > > This is good news - looks like Buffalo will be known for the data center capital of the east - first Yahoo, probably Verizon, and in the long run… Google?. > > Also, downtown Buffalo has Equinix now. > > IT is growing in Buffalo. Wait when and where did Equinix open a DC in Buffalo, I have been to the Chicago and SF ones before. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/18 "2010-09-30T10:36:15Z")
Dude 200 jobs no way! lol At least something is going on. ---
**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/19 "2010-09-30T10:36:46Z")
Also Verizon has a DC already in downtown on Franklin Street (i believe) we toured it at a previous job. There are quite a few DC colo companies downtown. Would be nice to see more downtown, but I can see why they’d choose Niagara county. ---
**Author:** ![Carnut](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/carnut/32/7590_2.png) [@Carnut](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Carnut)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/20 "2010-09-30T11:59:28Z")
Sitting on the escarpment they can take advantage of the frigid air that comes off the lakes. It’s always about 10 degrees cooler just off the lake than it is in Lockport. LOL you go out for a motorcycle ride in the spring on a nice warm day and then get by the lake and freeze your ass off. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952.md?page=2)