Erie County, New York
Erie County, New York has 300 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 1 record, against 216.5 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 43.5 MW of planned generation across 3 projects. That is 3% of New York's data center MW.
Erie County and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 5 of its 5 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Erie County's own plants cover 72.2% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 43.5 MW.
Data centers by status
1 record, 300 MW
The data center pipeline
None of the 1 record lists a year online or expected, so the pipeline is shown by developer only.
Who is building in Erie
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Riverview Innovation & Technology Campus | 1 | 300 |
Power generation in the county
40 plants operate inside Erie County, 216.5 MW. The queue adds 43.5 MW across 3 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Erie County
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | Operating | 26 | 93.7 |
| Solar | Planned | 1 | 3.5 |
| Battery Storage | Operating | 1 | 20 |
| Battery Storage | Planned | 2 | 40 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 2 | 59.9 |
| Wind | Operating | 3 | 36.5 |
| Landfill Gas | Operating | 8 | 6.4 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 23.5 |
| 2027 | 0 | 0 |
| 2028 | 1 | 20 |
Erie County against its neighbors
Niagara County has the most data center MW among the neighbors, 2.1 GW, more than Erie County. 5 of the 5 have more generation operating than data center MW on record.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niagara County | 12 | 1,068 | 0.68x | ||
| Erie County this page | 1 | 44 | 1.4x | ||
| Wyoming County | 0 | 499 | 0x | ||
| Chautauqua County | 0 | 1,409 | 0x | ||
| Genesee County | 0 | 2,067 | 0x | ||
| Cattaraugus County | 0 | 434 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
6 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
3 projects in Erie County moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Erie County
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 3 changes.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Erie County
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 44 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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