STAMP Out Kathy Hochul's Monster Data Center

Kathy Hochul's Monster Data Center: What's at stake for New Yorkers

NYS Governor Kathy Hochul is talking a lot these days about affordability for everyday New Yorkers. And yet, her Empire State Development Corporation awarded $56 million in taxpayer dollars to finance an onsite electrical substation at the long-failing STAMP mega-industrial site.

Now a monster data center complex - backed by Private Equity firm Apollo Global Management and slated to be used by an undisclosed Big Tech company worth $100 billion - is asking for $1.46 billion in tax abatements to use almost all of the substation's available power.

Adding this data center to the grid would jack up electricity rates and increase downstate air pollution. It would rob the County, the State, and local municipalities of tax revenues. It would pollute the surrounding community and threaten the existence of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, whose Reservation Territory lies one half mile from the proposed data center site.

Who loses? The taxpayers of NYS, who are subsidizing this data center three times over. The residents of Genesee County and the citizens of the Tonawanda Seneca Nation, who deeply value their region's beautiful forests and wetlands. Who wins? Big Tech, Private Equity, and Multinational Corporations.

Recently, the Governor signed an Executive Order pausing construction of new hyperscale data centers in NY for up to one year. She also pledged to work with the Legislature to end subsidies to data centers. But it’s not clear if either the Executive Order or the subsidy ban will apply to the proposed STAMP data center. Hochul must take decisive action to STOP the STAMP data center.

No to the $1.46 billion, No to SEQR Environmental Approval. Hochul must put an end to this monstrous plan, which threatens our quality of life, environmental well-being, and cost of living.

Kathy Hochul needs to hear from YOU today. Use our one-click tool to send Hochul an email, then sign up to call her during one of our weekly call relays.

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Here's how to take action:

Enter your name and zip code in the form to the right
The form will automatically send an email to Governor Hochul and Empire State Development Corporation CEO Hope Knight.

Here's what your letter will say:

"Dear Governor Kathy Hochul and Empire State Development Corporation CEO Hope Knight,

I am writing as a concerned resident of New York state to oppose the proposed data center complex at STAMP in the Town of Alabama, New York. While I appreciate the initial steps you have taken to enact a pause on new hyperscale data center construction in our state, as well as your pledge to work with the Legislature to ban subsidies to large data centers, I demand that you take immediate and decisive action to stop the STAMP data center and support the Tonawanda Seneca Nation and local residents in their efforts to rethink the future of the site.

I ask you to take the following actions:

Explicitly prohibit the STAMP developer, GCEDC, from awarding $1.46 billion in tax abatements to STREAM US Data Centers and its financial backer, Apollo Global Management
Deny all outstanding permits and approvals to STREAM US Data Centers
Halt the allocation of additional NYS direct and indirect subsidies, as well as permits and approvals to STAMP until and unless the future of the site is collectively rethought and determined by those most impacted by it: the Tonawanda Seneca Nation and local residents of Genesee County.

The entire mega industrial site is a failing boondoggle, as well as a political liability for your Administration, and must be rethought. As Governor you must intervene immediately."

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Photo credit:Matthew McDermottFrom NY Post Article, "Gov. Kathy Hochul allegedly catered to wealthy campaign donors.

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