Dallas-based Stream US is proposing to build a large data center at the Science, Technology & Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) in Genesee County, New York.
The operator is planning a 900,000 sq ft (83,600 sqm) facility, with around 250MW of capacity, including a 600MW substation, as shared at a public hearing on March 3, 2025.
Three data center proposals were reviewed by a team of Genesee County’s environmental, legal, and engineering professionals, with Stream pipping the other two unnamed developers to the post.
Stream’s project is expected to cost $6.3 billion, with the company seeking $471.6 million in sales and mortgage tax exemptions. Stream claims the facility will create 122 full-time jobs, amounting to around $3.9 million in tax incentives per job.
The project will now be discussed by Genesee County Economic Development Center’s STAMP committee. If the committee agrees with the recommendation, it will go to vote on March 6.
“The staff and technical team assessed several factors in our recommendation to the board, including [a] thorough review of the responses to relevant comments raised at the February 3, 2025, public hearing,” said Genesee County Economic Development Center president Mark Masse. “We also took into consideration the number of good-paying jobs that would be created, the footprint of the project, including electric and water needs and impacts on the local community.”
Opponents of the project raised concerns about harm to the environment, encroachment on the nearby reservation, and massive power usage.
The Tonawanda Seneca Nation has been opposed to the STAMP project, citing water and energy usage concerns.
STAMP was first proposed in 2009, but did not begin in earnest until 2021. Its first tenant hydropower firm, Plug Power, was subject to financial troubles and legal issues, born out of environmental concerns. The Plug Power project is now on hiatus.
In October, JLL announced plans to build a data center on behalf of an unnamed developer on the STAMP site.
Stream Data Centers filed for a 1.3 million sq ft (124,490 sqm) data center outside Atlanta, Georgia, in November last year.
Founded in 1999, Stream is part of Stream Realty Partners. The company’s footprint extends across Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, and California.
