Data center fact sheet · county
Erie County, New York
As of . Latest dated change shown: Jun 3, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.
- Tracked projects
- 1
- 1 proposed
- Planned capacity
- 300 MW
- 1 project publishes a figure; 0 projects publish none
- Moratorium actions
- 0
- Upcoming hearings
- 0
Projects
| Project | Status | Planned capacity | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus Tonawanda | Proposed | 300 MW | Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus (site owners Jon Williams and John Yensan, with an unnamed data center developer) |
Pauses and local rules
No moratorium action on record.
Upcoming votes and hearings
No upcoming hearing on record. Agendas change; check with the body before attending.
Latest changes
- Jun 3, 2026 Residents pack a Town of Tonawanda planning board meeting to share concerns about the proposal (Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus)[1]
- Jun 2026 Town Supervisor John Flynn says the project is on hold after the developer requested its application be paused because of a backlog at NYISO (Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus)[2]
- Jun 2026 Riverview officials say in a statement that the project is not on hold (Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus)[3]
- Jun 2026 The developer says it has temporarily delayed SEQRA and site plan review with the Town of Tonawanda Planning Board while it awaits information from NYISO and National Grid (Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus)[1]
- Apr 2026 Plans for a 300MW, 500,000 sq ft data center on the site are before the Town of Tonawanda planning board (Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus)[4]
- 2019 Jon Williams and John Yensan acquire the former Tonawanda Coke site at auction (Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus)[4]
Notes
Planned capacity adds each record’s first published figure for projects not cancelled or denied; projects that publish none are never estimated. IT load is the power reaching computing equipment, so a total that includes it understates total power. Locations may be approximate where a record gives only a town or county. Counts cover tracked projects, not every data center.
Sources
- WKBW 7 News Buffalo, “Town of Tonawanda residents share concerns, frustrations about proposed $2B AI data center on River Road”, Jun 4, 2026. https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/northtowns/developer-proposed-2b-ai-data-center-on-river-road-not-on-hold-process-temporarily-delayed
- Buffalo Toronto Public Media (BTPM NPR), “Data center project at former Tonawanda Coke site 'on hold'”, Jun 3, 2026. https://www.btpm.org/local/2026-06-03/data-center-project-at-former-tonawanda-coke-site-on-hold
- Spectrum News 1 (Buffalo), “Proposal for data center at former Tonawanda Coke site on hold, town supervisor says”, Jun 1, 2026. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2026/06/01/public-hearing-set-on-proposed-data-center-at-former-tonawanda-coke-plant
- DatacenterDynamics, “Former coke plant near Buffalo eyed for 300MW data center”, Apr 14, 2026. https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/former-coke-plant-near-buffalo-eyed-for-300mw-data-center/
Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: Erie County, New York,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/new-york/erie-county.