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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildinhthe 190,000-square-foot center that could employ, 125 people. Yahoo! has peggef a 30-acre site in the park for the complex. Yahoo!’as decision is considered a majord victory, especially against a backdrop of a weakenedd economy where unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Countytto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percengt 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. “We won the Yahoo!
was being courted by severakl statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the All offered a handsome array of “When a high tech company like Yahoo! picks a community like Western New York, it’s like a said Sen. Charles Schumer, New York’sa senior senator, who played a key role in Lockporr landing thedata center. The regioj crafted its own aggressive incentive package including the offeringy 15 megawattsof low-cost hydropower that could save Yahoo an estimated $100 million over a 15-year period. also offeredx job training grants andother incentives. High level pitchesw also came from Gov. Davidf Paterson and Schumer. Schumer made personaol calls to Yahoo!
CEO Carol Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helped that the regiojn offereda half-dozen sites and not just a singula r location. It also helped that a friendship quickly developed betweenthe Yahoo! site selection team and the locao economic development community. “We developed a nice relationship with them and that helpedd makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “The y were impressed that every time they we could assemble our team on a very shortg notice and give them the answersthey wanted.” Constructiobn on the data center will begin in August, said Davie Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The centerd will be open by May.
Kucharski said there is a myriaed positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’s The BNE will use it in its outreach to otherr companies it is courting, he said. “Itf confirms our ability to attract high tech and highprofile companies,” Kucharsk said. “To get a name company like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industriesdout there.” Yahoo! joinws the ranks of , that have either opened or expandefd back office operations in the region in recenr years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othetcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressivr list,” Kucharski said.