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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildintthe 190,000-square-foot center that could employ, 125 people. Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acre site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a major victory, especially against a backdrop of a weakened economy whered unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Countyh to 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagar County to 9.3 percent from 6.6 “This is a big win for the said Tom Kucharski, presiden and chief executive officer. “We won the Yahoo! was being courted by several statessincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the center.
All offered a handsome array of “When a high tech compan y like Yahoo! picks a community like WesternNew it’s like a lighthouse,” said Sen. Charles New York’s senior senator, who played a key role in Lockportr landing thedata center. The region crafted its own aggressive incentive package including the offering 15 megawattszof low-cost hydropower that coul save Yahoo! an estimated $100 million over a 15-yearr period. also offered job training grants andotheer incentives. High level pitches also came from Gov. David Paterson and Schumer made personal callssto Yahoo!
CEO Carol Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helped that the regionj offered a half-dozen sites and not just a singulafr location. It also helped that a friendshio quickly developed betweenthe Yahoo! site selection team and the locaol economic development community. “Ww developed a nice relationship with them and that helpeed makethis happen,” Kucharski said. “They were impressed that every timethey called, we could assemble our team on a very shor notice and give them the answers they wanted.” Construction on the data center will begin in August, said David Yahoo! senior vice The center will be open by May.
Kucharski said therre is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’xs decision. The BNE will use it in its outreacnh to other companies itis courting, he “It confirms our ability to attract high tech and high profil companies,” Kucharski said. “To get a name compan like Yahoo! says a lot to the rest of the industrieeout there.” Yahoo! joins the rank of , that have either opened or expanded back office operations in the regiomn in recent years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othe rcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressiv e list,” Kucharski said.
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