Data centers latest scam for rich to get richer at others’ expense

Editor:

The citizens of Orleans and Genesee County need to understand the big money behind the proposed Data Center at the Genesee County STAMP site.

In August 2025 Stream Data Centers was acquired by Apollo Global Management, one of the largest private equity firms in the world. Founded by three former investment bankers one of whom resigned as CEO (Leon Black) in 2021 after he faced abuse accusations and was found to have paid $158 million to Jeffrey Epstein.

Data Centers are the latest scam being foisted on communities. They will cause great harm to the environment, use millions of gallons of water, raise your electric rates, and for what? To make billionaires even richer? To collect more data?

They sell this as a money maker for the county for the next 30 years. It’s a short sighted investment as the scam unfolds data centers will be obsolete and Genesee County will have a big block of concrete sitting on land that once was farmland.

Do we really want this dystopian behemoth in our community? Do we even stand a chance in this fight against one of the world’s largest private equity firms?

Darcy Beeman

Kent