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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildinvgthe 190,000-square-foot 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 victory, especially against a backdropo of a weakened economy where unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Countyt to 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagaraa County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 percent. “This is a big win for the saidTom Kucharski, president and chief executivse officer. “We won the day.” Yahoo! was being courtedd by several statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinoiw for the center.
All offeree a handsome array of “When a high tech compant like Yahoo! picks a community like WesterhNew York, it’s like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charlesw Schumer, New York’s senior senator, who played a key role in Lockporty landing thedata center. The region crafted its own aggressivwe incentive package including the offeringb 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropower that couldr save Yahoo! an estimated $100 million over a 15-yead period. also offered job training grants and other High level pitches also camefrom Gov. David Paterson and Schumer made personal callsto Yahoo! CEO Carokl Bartz to push the region.
Kucharski said it also helped that the regioj offereda half-dozen sites and not just a singularf location. It also helpef that a friendship quickly developec betweenthe Yahoo! site selection team and the local economi development community. “We develope d a nice relationship with them and that helpedf makethis happen,” Kucharski “They were impressed that every time they we could assemble our team on a very shorft notice and give them the answers they wanted.” Construction on the data centedr will begin in said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice The center will be open by May. Kucharsko said there is a myriad positivese that will comefrom Yahoo!’s decision.
The BNE will use it in its outreachn to other companies itis courting, he “It confirms our ability to attracy high tech and high profile Kucharski said. “To get a name company like Yahoo says a lot to the rest of the industrieesout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eithed opened or expanded back office operations in the regionj in recent years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the otherfcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressivde list,” Kucharski said.