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Niagara County

3 data center projects we know about. 22 towns, villages, cities and reservations.

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Projects

Being built

TeraWulf Lake Mariner AI data center campus (Somerset)

Somerset, Niagara County

400 acres · for Fluidstack (AI cloud company), with Google backing the leases

🕒 Nov 5, 2025: Somerset Planning Board found no significant environmental impact for two more AI buildi…

Proposed

Niagara Digital Campus data center (Niagara Falls)

Niagara Falls, Niagara County

53 acres

🕒 June 3, 2026: Niagara Falls City Council took up an 88-page deal to settle four lawsuits with NFR; it …

Stopped or cancelled

Digi Power X plan to turn the Erie Avenue bitcoin mine into an AI data center (North Tonawanda)

North Tonawanda, Niagara County

🕒 June 16, 2026: North Tonawanda Common Council voted unanimously to extend its moratorium on crypto mine…

Local votes and rules

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Lockport

Town board held public hearings on a local law to pause data center permits and approvals for 18 months. The county planning board backed the idea. No data center request is on file.

Aug 5, 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Cambria

Town proposed a 9-month pause on new data centers. The county planning board backed it in July 2026. No data center request is on file.

July 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · North Tonawanda

Council voted to extend its pause on crypto mines and data centers by one year, while it studies a plan to turn the Erie Avenue bitcoin mine into an AI data center.

June 2026Source

🤝 Agreement with the company · Niagara Falls

City council approved a court-backed deal to end four lawsuits with Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR); one member voted no. The city pays about $4 million and agrees to help NFR's planned $1.5 billion 'Niagara Digital Campus' data center; NFR gives land for a city arena project.

June 2026Source

⏸️ Pause on new data centers · Lewiston

Town board held a hearing on Local Law 3-2026, a pause on new or expanded data centers, AI computing sites and crypto mines.

April 13, 2026Source

✅ Approved · Somerset

Planning board approved the site plan for new AI computing buildings at Lake Mariner, on the condition that TeraWulf fixes sewer issues and follows the town noise law.

Nov 2024Source

🗺️ Zoning change · Somerset

Town board voted 5-0 to change the zoning (planned unit development) at TeraWulf's Lake Mariner site to allow AI data center buildings.

Oct 2024Source

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