Massive data center at STAMP will strain resources, destroy rural character of area
Editor:
WNY STAMP project is pushing forward with plans to build a 2.2 million square foot (think 40 football fields) data center adjacent to the Iroquois Wildlife Refuge and Tonawanda Seneca Nation Big Woods.
This monster will use 500 megawatts of our electric power, enough to supply every residence in Monroe, Genesee, Wyoming, Livingston and Orleans counties combined. It will essentially be operated by Apollo Global Management, one of the largest private equity corporations in the world.
More than $410 million in state subsidies (our tax dollars) have already been poured into this boondoggle, with not a single one of the promised 9,000 jobs having been created.
This massive data center will raise our electricity bills, strain power supplies, create constant noise and air pollution, imperil wildlife, and destroy the rural nature of the area.
It’s time to pull the plug on STAMP.
Sandy Chenelly
Waterport
