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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be building the 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 majore victory, especially against a backdroo of a weakened economy where unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Countgyto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagara County to 9.3 percenft from 6.6 percent. “This is a big win for the community,” said Tom president and chiefexecutivde officer. “We won the day.” Yahoo!! was being courted by several statedsincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the All offered a handsome array of incentives.
“Whej a high tech company like Yahoo! picks a community like WesternNew York, it’sx like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charles Schumer, New York’se senior senator, who played a key role in Lockport landing the data The region crafted its own aggressivse incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-cosft hydropower that could save Yahoo!! an estimated $100 million 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 Carol Bartzs to push the Kucharski said it also helpedx that the region offered a half-dozen sites and not just a singulat location. It also helped that a friendship quickly developed between theYahoo ! site selection team and the local economic developmen t community. “We developed a nice relationshilp with them and that helped makethis happen,” Kucharski “They were impressed that every time they called, we coulr assemble our team on a very shortg notice and give them the answers they wanted.” Constructionb on the data center will begin in August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The center will be open by May.
Kucharskk said there is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’s decision. The BNE will use it in its outreacgh to other companies itis courting, he “It confirms our ability to attract 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 ranksd of , that have either opened or expanded back officd operations in the regionn in recent years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othedrcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressives list,” Kucharski said.