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WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center

Yaphank, Suffolk County, NY

Also known as Wildflower Yaphank data center, Brookhaven Logistics Center

ProposedNo application had been filed with the Town of Brookhaven; a state executive order and an 18-month town moratorium adopted in July 2026 both block approval
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

Wildflower Ltd, through its WF Industrial arm, proposes converting three vacant warehouses it built near the Long Island Expressway in Yaphank into an AI data center drawing up to 176.6 megawatts from the LIPA grid. The roughly $1 billion project would occupy about 549,000 square feet on a 71-acre site roughly 1,000 feet from homes. It drew sustained opposition from residents and from Brookhaven Supervisor Dan Panico, and after a public hearing that ran nearly six hours on July 16, 2026, the Town Board unanimously adopted an 18-month moratorium on data centers. Gov. Kathy Hochul's July 14, 2026 executive order separately paused state permits for data centers of 50 megawatts or more. As of the town's action, no formal application had been filed.

Stated investment
$1 billion[3]
Site size
71 acres[5]

Key facts

Size & schedule

Planned capacity176.6 MW [5]
stated demand from the LIPA grid at full build-out
Source excerpt
“Up to 176.6 megawatts from LIPA grid”
Site size71 acres [5]
Source excerpt
“549,000 square feet on 71 acres”
Floor area549,000 sq ft [5]
three existing warehouse buildings to be converted
Source excerpt
“549,000 square feet on 71 acres”
Buildings3 [5]
existing vacant warehouses
Stated investment$1 billion [3]
Source excerpt
“more than $1 billion”
Construction jobs1,000 [5]
developer figure

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

UtilityLIPA (Long Island Power Authority) [2]
Utility pages: Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) · data centers and bills

Water

Water use700,000 gal/day [3]
one-time fill of the cooling system, not daily use, per town reporting
Source excerpt
“about 700,000 gallons”
CoolingClosed-loop system; developer says rainwater collection would supply it [5]
Source excerpt
“would consume no more water than the trucking warehouses previously approved for the site”

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesExisting 12-year PILOT from the Brookhaven IDA on the 2023 warehouse project, starting at $40,448 and rising to $2.11 million a year [7]
Source excerpt
“12-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement”

Local decisions & site

Nearest homes or schoolsapproximately 1,000 feet [5]
Source excerpt
“approximately 1,000 feet from residences”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Planned capacity176.6 MW [5]
UtilityLIPA (Long Island Power Authority) [2]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Timeline

  1. Brookhaven IDA approves benefits for Wildflower's $162 million Brookhaven Logistics Center, three industrial buildings totaling about 550,000 sq ft west of Sills Road on the LIE north service road [7]

  2. News12 reports an AI-generated flyer sparking concern over a possible Brookhaven data center proposal. [1]

  3. An AI-generated flyer circulating on Long Island sparks confusion and concern about a possible Brookhaven data center proposal [1]

  4. The proposal draws opposition from residents and from Town Supervisor Dan Panico, who proposes an 18-month moratorium and says he has support from other Suffolk town supervisors [2]

  5. Gov. Kathy Hochul signs Executive Order No. 62, pausing state DEC permits for data centers of 50 MW or more [6]

  6. Brookhaven Town Board public hearing on the moratorium runs nearly six hours, with about 300 attending and some 60 speaking against data centers [3]

  7. Brookhaven Town Board votes unanimously for an 18-month moratorium on data centers, running to early 2028 while the town writes zoning rules defining data center use [4]

Issues raised

  • No formal application for the data center had been filed with the Town of Brookhaven as of the moratorium vote; the town's code does not define data center use [3][5]
  • Residents raised electricity, water and noise concerns; the site sits about 1,000 feet from homes [2][5]
  • The Suffolk County Water Authority said it could not assess impacts because no application had been submitted [2]
  • LIPA said it does not anticipate any issues serving the project's proposed load [2]
  • Town reporting put the property tax change at $1.8 million to $40 million a year, with about $30 million going to the Longwood Central School District [3]
  • Two moratoria now apply: Brookhaven's 18-month town moratorium and the state executive order covering data centers of 50 MW or more [4][6]

Issues are concerns and claims raised by the parties, officials or residents named in the cited sources. They are reported as attributed, not as findings by the Census.

Sources

  1. AI-generated flyer sparks confusion, concern over possible Brookhaven AI data center proposal
    News 12 Long Island · May 27, 2026 · news
  2. Proposed AI data center in Yaphank meets opposition from residents and town leaders
    News 12 Long Island · Jun 25, 2026 · news
  3. Brookhaven approves 18-month data center moratorium after marathon hearing
    Fire Island News · Jul 24, 2026 · news
  4. Brookhaven Town Board approves 18-month moratorium on AI data centers
    News 12 Long Island · Jul 17, 2026 · news
  5. State and town moratoriums halt proposed Yaphank data center
    The South Shore Press · Jul 16, 2026 · news
  6. Executive Order No. 62: Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers in New York
    Office of the Governor of New York · Jul 14, 2026 · government
  7. $162M Yaphank warehouse project gets IDA assist
    Long Island Business News, via Wildflower Ltd · Apr 5, 2023 · company
  8. Local and state moratoria puts $1bn Long Island data center project in limbo
    DatacenterDynamics · Jul 20, 2026 · news

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Last updated Sep 22, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/wf-industrial-yaphank-ny
MLA“WF Industrial Yaphank Data Center.” Data Center Census, Sep 22, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/wf-industrial-yaphank-ny.
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