{"id":72914,"date":"2026-03-03T10:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=72914"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:17:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:17:32","slug":"genesee-county-town-of-alabama-planning-board-gets-specifics-on-stream-u-s-data-centers-project-at-stamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/03\/03\/genesee-county-town-of-alabama-planning-board-gets-specifics-on-stream-u-s-data-centers-project-at-stamp\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Town of Alabama\/ Planning Board gets specifics on STREAM U.S. Data Centers project at STAMP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Story and photos by Brian Quinn\/For Video News Service<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Town Planning Board got specifics on the site plan for an $11.181 billion, 2.2-million square foot data center project on WNY Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) property but is still waiting for the complete application from the developer, STREAM U.S. Data Centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Planning Board will have a public hearing at some point, but that date hasn\u2019t been set. Monday night\u2019s meeting was a joint Planning Board and Town Board meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed project would include three data center buildings. It would be on a 60-acre North Campus and 30-acre South Campus at STAMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data centers would operate 24\/7 with servers in data halls. It would support internet, cloud services and data storage and processing for companies and institutions. Electrical systems would bring power to the buildings. Backup generators would provide power during outages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STREAM U.S. Data Centers Design Manager Colm Curran explains the site plan to Town Planners at the Alabama Fire Department on Monday evening.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

STREAM U.S. Data Centers Design Manager Colm Curran said cool water would be pumped from rooftop chillers to cool the air in the rooms with the servers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEach of these buildings are identical. They\u2019re all the same size, height, length,\u201d he said. \u201cThe equipment within them will be the same.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Town Attorney Mark Boylan said no public comments would be taken during the meeting, though residents tried to ask questions during the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the comments and questions from the Planning Board was Lorna Klotzbach, talking about how the location of the proposed project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Planning Board member Lorna Klotzbach (middle) asking a question. On her left and right, respectively, are board members Brett Naas and Bill McGorray..<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a very rural area – agricultural, wetlands, lots of wildlife. Do you have any experience with how these data centers affect wildlife?\u201d she asked as community members cheered and applauded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCome in, tell us. Tell us how everybody\u2019s safe,\u201d a woman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curran said STREAM has built data centers in rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have multiple data centers that are in similar locations,\u201d he said as people in the crowd asked \u201cWhere?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have not had concerns about us on any wildlife issues that I\u2019m aware of, anyway, across any of our projects,\u201d he said. \u201cWe do have industry-leading experts \u2026 that way, we have a lot of sustainable partners in our designers and our architects as well. They have their own high standards that they work to. We listen to them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tonawanda Seneca Nation resident Melissa Smith holding signs in opposition to the project<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karolos Keranis, project manager for Gensler, a project architect, said an acoustic barrier would block the view of chillers in the roofs of the buildings and there would be noise canceling devices for the noises the chillers produce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Global engineering firm Ramboll Senior Managing Consultant Kevin Peterson said he understands the concern over noise and data centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe data center industry, as a whole, has not done itself any favors \u2026 I\u2019m not talking about STREAM, but with some people within this industry that have not done responsible designs,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of the STREAM project, he said, \u201cWe\u2019ve been through several iterations of design and modeling, and I\u2019m confident that this is a responsible design. It\u2019s something that I can put my name on.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Van Flue, civil engineer with Bowman Consulting, civil engineer for the project, spoke, in part, about traffic analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMost of the traffic generated by this site will just be the employees. That\u2019s passenger vehicles. They\u2019ll be heavily concentrated around shift-change times,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen all three are complete, that will be about 195 peak-hour trips in the a.m. As far as heavy traffic, not a lot. We anticipate two to three deliveries per day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Story and photos by Brian Quinn\/For Video News Service The Town Planning Board got specifics on the site plan for an $11.181 billion, 2.2-million square foot data center project on WNY Science & Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) property but is still waiting for the complete application from the developer, \u2026<\/p>\n

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