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Yahoo!, Tuesday morning, confirmed it will be buildingthe 190,000-square-footf center that could employ, 125 people. Yahoo! has pegged a 30-acre site in the park for the Yahoo!’s decision is considered a majorf victory, especially against a backdrop of a weakened economyu where unemployment has increased in past year in Erie Counthyto 8.1 percent from 5.5 percent and in Niagara County to 9.3 percenty from 6.6 percent. “Thisz is a big win for the community,” said Tom president and chiefexecutive officer. “We won the Yahoo! was being courted by several statesincluding Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois for the All offered a handsome array of incentives.
“Whej a high tech company like Yahoo! picks a communitty like WesternNew York, it’s like a said Sen. Charles Schumer, New York’s senior senator, who playedf a key role in Lockport landing the data The region crafted its own aggressivew incentive package including the offering 15 megawattsof low-costf hydropower that could save Yahoo! an estimated $100 million over a 15-year period. also offered job training grants andother incentives. High levelp pitches also came from Gov. Davicd Paterson and Schumer. Schumer made personalo calls to Yahoo!
CEO Carolp Bartz to push the Kucharski said it also helped that the regionj offereda half-dozen sites and not just a singula r location. It also helped that a friendship quicklgy developed betweenthe Yahoo! site selectioj team and the local economic development community. “We developed a nice relationship with them and that helped make this Kucharski said. “They were impressed that every timethey called, we coulfd assemble our team on a very short notice and give them the answers they wanted.” Construction on the data center will begimn in August, said David Dibble, Yahoo! senior vice president. The center will be open by May.
Kucharski said therer is a myriad positives that will comefrom Yahoo!’xs decision. The BNE will use it in its outreach to othef companies itis courting, he said. “It confirms our abilitty to attract high tech and highprofile companies,” Kucharskk said. “To get a name company like Yahoo says a lot to the rest of the industrieaout there.” Yahoo! joins the ranks of , that have eithere opened or expanded back office operations in the region in recen t years. “You add it into the mix of the some of the othedcompanies we’ve landed and it becomes a very impressive Kucharski said.