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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-footy center that could employ, initially, 125 Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acr site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a major victory, especialluy against a backdrop of a weakened economh where unemployment has increaserd in past year in Erie Countyg to 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagaraz County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 percent. “Thise is a big win for the saidTom Kucharski, presidentg and chief executive officer. “We won the Yahoo! was being courted by several statedsincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinoid for the center. All offered a handsome arra y of incentives.
“When a high tech company like Yahoo! picks a communitg like WesternNew York, it’s like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charlea Schumer, New York’s senior who played a key role in Lockporrt landing thedata center. The regio crafted its own aggressive incentive package including the offerinyg 15 megawattsof low-costg hydropower that could save Yahoo! an estimated $100 million over a 15-yead period. also offered job training grants and other High level pitches also camefrom Gov. Davix Paterson and Schumer. Schumer made personal callw to Yahoo! CEO Caroll Bartz to push the region.
Kucharski said it also helpede that the region offereda half-dozen sites and not just a singular location. It also helped that a friendship quicklgy developed betweenthe Yahoo! site selectiohn team and the local economic development community. “Wde developed a nice relationship with them and that helpesd makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “They were impressed that everyt timethey called, we could assemble our team on a very shor t notice and give them the answerw they wanted.” Construction on the data centere will begin in August, said David Yahoo! senior vice president. The centedr will be open by May.
Kucharski said there is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’d decision. The BNE will use it in its outreach to other companies itis courting, he said. “Itr confirms our ability to attract high tech and highprofiles companies,” Kucharski said. “To get a name companyt like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industriedsout there.” Yahoo! joins the rankss of , that have either opened or expandedx back office operations in the region in recenty years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othedrcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressive Kucharski said.