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Companies Consider Data Center for Oneonta Rail Yards; Idea Already Draws Opposition

The Oneonta Rail Yards. (Photo courtesy of Otsego Now)

By ERIC SANTOMAURO-STENZEL
ONEONTA

Two companies have recently inquired about building a data center at the Oneonta Rail Yards in the City of Oneonta. Otsego Now, the county’s quasi-governmental umbrella development agency, owns most of the area property.

One in-state and one out-of-state company contacted the agency over the last two months, according to Otsego Now Chief Executive Officer Jody Zakrevsky. In an interview, he told AllOtsego he believes the loose project ideas are “not viable” due to the property’s current infrastructure. Zakrevsky said the two companies, which he was not at liberty to name at this point in the process, appeared to be shopping around for potential locations to build data centers.

At Otsego Now’s October 9 Projects Oversight Committee meeting, Zakrevsky requested a proposal be drafted for NYSEG to conduct a study on cost and power needs to “accommodate a data center” at the site, meeting minutes say.

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