Tonawanda, N.Y. (WBEN) – It was back in April when developers proposed a plan in the Town of Tonawanda to build a new data center on the site of the former Tonawanda Coke Corp. plant. It was set to see a 500,000-square-foot, 300-megawatt AI data center built on the site along River Road, with total construction costs expected to be around $2 billion.
In the weeks since the proposed plan was announced, residents in-and-around the town have already voiced opposition to the project, which includes an online petition with more than 5,700 signatures already.
Jim Jones, board chair of the Clean Air Coalition of Western New York and resident of Tonawanda, is among the many that have reservations about the project at the former Tonawanda Coke site…