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Niagara Digital Campus

Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York

ProposedMixed receptionAI likelyRecord updated September 9, 2026

Niagara Digital Campus is a proposed data center in Niagara Falls, New York (Niagara County), operated by Urbacon Data Centre Solutions. The public record puts it at 135 MW planned, 142 acres, a reported $1.5 billion investment. It has documented support and documented opposition on record.

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Facility record

Proposed

Operator
Urbacon Data Centre Solutions
Facility type
Data center, AI use likely
Location
Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY
Coordinates
43.0885, -79.0603
Power capacity
135 MW planned
Land
142 acres
Investment
$1.5 billion
Announced
Not established from a public source
Utility
New York Power Authority (NYPA)
Power source
Hydro
Cooling
Not established from a public source
Water use
Not established from a public source
Jobs
550 permanent; 5,600 construction
Public subsidy
Not established from a public source
Community reception
Mixed reception
Source confidence
Reported by at least one credible outlet or filing

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

  1. April 2026
    Proposed
    New application incorporating additional Falls Street parcels under review; NFR states construction could begin within six months of approvals Source: Niagara Falls Reporter
  2. December 2025
    Proposed
    Planning Board rejects modified application; parties reported near resolution including possible two-project accommodation Source: Niagara Falls Reporter
  3. January 2024
    Proposed
    Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR) and Urbacon Data Centre Solutions announce $1.5B campus proposal at Rainbow and John B. Daly Boulevards Source: Baxtel

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Niagara Digital Campus in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Planning Board rejected modified application in December 2025.

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Planning Board rejected modified application in December 2025. By early 2026 Mayor Restaino adopted conciliatory tone, proposing a two-project solution accommodating both data center and Centennial Park. New application incorporating additional Falls Street parcels filed April 2026.

Source: Niagara Falls Reporter

Power and water

Site at 907 Falls St (Rainbow and John B. Daly Blvd); 600,000 sq ft across two phases; new electrical substation planned for the campus.

Notes on the record

Site is near the historic Adams Power Plant and the NYPA Robert Moses Niagara Power Plant (2,675 MW combined capacity). Phase I planned as ~282,000 sq ft over 24 months from groundbreaking. Economic impact estimated at $2B over 20 years per MRB Group analysis commissioned by NFR. Developed by Niagara Falls Redevelopment (NFR, controlled by Milstein family) in partnership with Urbacon. NO STATUS CHANGE. The 4 June 2026 City Council vote settled an eminent-domain lawsuit and transferred 10 acres to the city; the mayor states explicitly it was not a data-center approval and that there is no timeline for work to begin. Remains proposed.

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
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.

Have one of these documents? Send it to us and we will add it to the record with attribution.

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.

Questions people ask about this site

Is there opposition to the Niagara Digital Campus in Niagara Falls?

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Niagara Digital Campus in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Planning Board rejected modified application in December 2025.

Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Niagara Digital Campus?

The reception note on this record refers to a court proceeding. Read it in full under opposition and litigation above, and check the sources at the foot of the page for the filing itself.

How much water does Niagara Digital Campus use?

No water withdrawal figure for Niagara Digital Campus 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 Niagara Digital Campus, and how big is it?

Urbacon Data Centre Solutions is the operator on record. Capacity on record is 135 MW. The site is recorded at 142 acres.

How to cite this page

SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Niagara Digital Campus," updated September 9, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/niagara-digital-campus-niagara-falls-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/niagara-digital-campus-niagara-falls-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. 1.Urbacon: Niagara Digital Campus Data Center · Baxtel · retrieved July 6, 2026
  2. 2.Niagara Falls Can Power Forward With Data Center Opportunity · Niagara Falls Reporter · retrieved July 6, 2026
  3. 3.135MW data center campus proposed in view of Niagara Falls · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
  4. 4.Contentious Niagara Falls City Council meeting leads to land deal for potential data center · Spectrum News 1 Buffalo · retrieved September 9, 2026

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