# 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:** 2
**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, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/21 "2010-09-30T12:29:48Z")
> [@evane](#): > > Wait when and where did Equinix open a DC in Buffalo, I have been to the Chicago and SF ones before. Equinix took over switch and data There are a bunch of datacenters in 350 main… Buffalo will never beat out the VA/NC/SC area for datacenters ---
**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, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/22 "2010-09-30T12:35:54Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Equinix took over switch and data > > There are a bunch of datacenters in 350 main… > > Buffalo will never beat out the VA/NC/SC area for datacenters Correct, the only reason I knew this was because my mom worked for Switch and Data but is now working for Equinix. Official start date for Equinix in Buffalo is Oct. 1st ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/23 "2010-09-30T13:51:11Z")
Other than job creation, can someone explain how power hungry data centers are good? I feel that they may be sucking a lot more power out of the general pool which would cause the general price to go up in the area. No? ---
**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, 2:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/24 "2010-09-30T14:01:41Z")
Shut up nature boy ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/25 "2010-10-01T06:20:06Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > Shut up nature boy I don’t care about the environment. I have nothing invested in this world. I just want cheap power and not some data center sucking up all of it. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/26 "2010-10-01T07:00:49Z")
Power isn’t more expensive down in VA near the datacenters… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/27 "2010-10-01T07:01:54Z")
I would think that it wouldn’t be any worse than the numerous factories that used to be up and running in the area. ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 7:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/28 "2010-10-01T07:03:29Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > I don’t care about the environment. I have nothing invested in this world. I just want cheap power and not some data center sucking up all of it. the more power the power company buys from the grid the bigger the bulk discount. It SHOULD make electricity cheaper. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2010, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/29 "2010-10-01T08:16:59Z")
> [@Gl@re](#): > > the more power the power company buys from the grid the bigger the bulk discount. It SHOULD make electricity cheaper **FOR THEM**. Fixed. Them buying in bulk does nothing but decrease supply for the average consumer. But who cares. Take more of the power from the hydro plant and use it locally and tell NYC to go fuck itself. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/30 "2010-10-01T08:24:07Z")
bring on the datacenters ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/31 "2010-10-03T19:59:29Z")
> 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. > Verizon estimates between 150 and 200 positions at its new data center. > > Verizon has not yet established a timeframe for selecting a site, and beginning and completing construction of the new facility, according to the Business First piece. Verizon could invest up to $500 million in the data center, there is a bit of a gap in these two articles. either way I am all for it ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 8:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/32 "2010-10-04T08:33:26Z")
Buffalo, Lockport, and Niagara Falls can be the new Research Triangle. FU North Carolina! ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/33 "2010-10-04T08:36:57Z")
Bring on the $$$$$$$ ---
**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:** [October 4, 2010, 12:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/34 "2010-10-04T12:16:40Z")
Wondering what the salary range and the whole benefits package is like… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/35 "2010-10-04T12:19:12Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > Buffalo, Lockport, and Niagara Falls can be the new Research Triangle. > > FU North Carolina! What research would be done in these datacenters? We do actual research here, not just host apps 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/36 "2010-10-04T12:24:05Z")
I wonder if Verizon datacenter people are union… ---------- Post added at 03:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 PM ---------- Mank you might know this… Are there any actual engineers working for Yahoo in Buffalo? or is everyone break/fix/install? ---
**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:** [October 4, 2010, 2:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/37 "2010-10-04T14:20:26Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I wonder if Verizon datacenter people are union… > > ---------- Post added at 03:24 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 PM ---------- > > Mank you might know this… > > Are there any actual engineers working for Yahoo in Buffalo? or is everyone break/fix/install? Right now it is only break/fix/install - there should be some Subject Matter Experts being promoted in the future. Hoping I will be one of them 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/38 "2010-10-04T14:59:46Z")
My fear with working for Google/Verizon/Yahoo in Buffalo would be moving up and all the engineering/design jobs being where ever corp head quarters is located ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/39 "2010-10-05T16:30:30Z")
> [@boxxa](#): > > I don’t care about the environment. I have nothing invested in this world. I just want cheap power and not some data center sucking up all of it. > [@LZ](#): > > Power isn’t more expensive down in VA near the datacenters… > [@Gl@re](#): > > the more power the power company buys from the grid the bigger the bulk discount. It SHOULD make electricity cheaper. > [@JayS](#): > > Fixed. Them buying in bulk does nothing but decrease supply for the average consumer. > > But who cares. Take more of the power from the hydro plant and use it locally and tell NYC to go fuck itself. The more power bought the better the discount but it has to be ALOT of power. We currently get our power at a highly discounted rate. Northern VA as you know is the Silicon Valley of the East Coast and we currently are the states #2 power consumer so we get great discounts and participate in various programs to allow even better discounts. JayS you are correct in stating FOR THEM, however we as a company pass that savings along to our customers. We just were able to receive multiple millions of dollars in credits from DOM and passed those millions back to our clients in credits. Power down here is pretty cheap as is, but even with all the consumption in the area (just one of our data centers provides enough power to power an 80,000+ populated city) doesn’t cause an increase in power to the area. ---------- Post added at 07:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:28 PM ---------- > [@LZ](#): > > My fear with working for Google/Verizon/Yahoo in Buffalo would be moving up and all the engineering/design jobs being where ever corp head quarters is located Depends on the company TBH. Most of those companies have in house on site engineers for larger deployments, however I can’t say the same for the Yahoo location considering the on site management for that data center is based out of our data centers here in Northern VA. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952/40 "2010-10-05T17:08:21Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#): > > Depends on the company TBH. Most of those companies have in house on site engineers for larger deployments, however I can’t say the same for the Yahoo location considering the on site management for that data center is based out of our data centers here in Northern VA. I have this giant of fear of ending up somewhere and being bored. BTW I hate you and VA I talked a couple recruiters down there and I could be getting paidddddd ☹ [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-data-center-coming-to-wny/160952.md?page=3)