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Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo)
Buffalo, Erie County, New York · All 2 Digihost sites · Every Digi Power X case on our tracker
Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo) is an operating crypto mining site in Buffalo, New York (Erie County), operated by Digihost (Digi Power X). The public record puts it at 42 MW operating.
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Facility record
Operating
- Operator
- Digihost (Digi Power X)
- Facility type
- Crypto mining
- Location
- 1001 E Delavan Ave, Buffalo, Erie County, NY, 14215
- Coordinates
- 42.9198, -78.8200
- Power capacity
- 42 MW operating
- Land
- Not established from a public source
- Investment
- Not established from a public source
- Announced
- Not established from a public source
- Utility
- Not established from a public source
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- Not established from a public source
- Public subsidy
- Not established from a public source
- Community reception
- No reception on record
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Opposition and litigation at this site
Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo) in Buffalo, Erie County, New York appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
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Notes on the record
1001 E Delavan Ave, Buffalo, NY, former American Axle factory, 60,000+ sq ft, under a 99-year lease. Digihost's original/first facility, operating since 2021; confirmed genuinely distinct from the company's North Tonawanda site (~9 miles away, different municipality, no legal/regulatory issues reported at this site unlike North Tonawanda). Coordinates are an approximate geocode, not an independently confirmed parcel pin.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- Permanent jobs promised
- Land area
- How the community has received it
- Which utility serves it
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
- Tax abatements or other public subsidy
- The abatement, PILOT, or development agreement approved by the county, city, or development authority, and the state's data center sales tax exemption certificate if one was issued.
- Permanent jobs promised
- The economic development application or incentive agreement, which usually states a job commitment and a clawback.
- Land area
- The rezoning application, the plat, or the deed recorded with the county.
- How the community has received it
- Planning commission and governing body minutes, public comment records, and any petition or lawsuit filed in the county.
- Which utility serves it
- The electric service agreement or the utility's filing with the state public utility commission.
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Other sites within 30 miles
Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.
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- Digihost / Digi Power X, Fortistar North Tonawanda · North Tonawanda · Digihost (Digi Power X)9 mi · Operating · 120 MW · In litigation
- 9LDG Niagara AI Data Center · Niagara Falls · 9 Lives Digital Group (9LDG)14 mi · Proposed · Supported
- American Bitcoin, Niagara Falls ("Alpha Site") · Niagara Falls · American Bitcoin (Hut 8)15 mi · Operating · 50 MW · In litigation
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo) data center in Buffalo?
Nothing on record as of September 9, 2026. No lawsuit, organized opposition, or contested hearing over Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo) in Buffalo, Erie County, New York appears in the sources this registry tracks. That is an absence in our sources rather than a finding that none exists, and local opposition often predates any coverage a national dataset would pick up.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo) data center?
No lawsuit over Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo) appears in the record we track as of September 9, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo) use?
No water withdrawal figure for Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo) is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo), and how big is it?
Digihost (Digi Power X) is the operator on record. We hold 2 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 42 MW.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Digihost, Erie County (Buffalo)," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/digihost-erie-county-ny.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/digihost-erie-county-ny, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Digihost American Axle Erie County Facility · Global Energy Monitor · retrieved July 10, 2026
- 2.Erie County parcel/GIS record (parcel 101.24-1-1.1 (SBL 10124000010011000000, SWIS 140200)) · Erie County GIS / Assessor · retrieved July 18, 2026
- 3.Digihost American Axle Erie County facility, Global Energy Monitor (GEM.wiki) · Global Energy Monitor · retrieved September 9, 2026
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