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Reported geography
Source-reported location for 9LDG Niagara AI Data Center.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- 9 Lives Digital Group (9LDG)
- Address and locality
- 3807 Highland Ave. · Niagara Falls · Niagara County · New York
- Official metro area
- Outside an official metropolitan boundary
- Source-reported status
- proposed
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 9 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- reported (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000017
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Power supply description
- Hydroelectric (NYPA); 100MW on-site substation
- Power source
- Hydro
- Land area
- 22 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $100 million
- Announced jobs
- 500 construction
- Community response
- Provider label: supported
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- August 2024
Provider notes
Energy. 100MW substation on-site at former Globe Metallurgical plant; site selected for hydropower access and water cooling availability.
Community. Niagara Falls Chamber director Kory Schuler expressed support, noting project breathes new life into industrial land.
What the source record says
Coordinates are approximate (3807 Highland Ave, Niagara Falls NY). 9LDG stated it will collaborate with an existing data center developer rather than build independently. Company president Michael Bagley leads a three-person partnership; partners not publicly identified. No prior data center development experience disclosed. NO STATUS CHANGE, and a CONFIRMED-ABSENCE finding. Searching for 2025-2026 coverage of this specific project (3807 Highland Ave / Globe Metallurgical) surfaced nothing later than the 2024 acquisition coverage — no permit, no site plan, no construction. Caution for adjudication: 2026 Niagara Falls data-center news is dominated by the SEPARATE Niagara Falls Redevelopment / Urbacon 'Niagara Digital Campus' on Falls Street, which is a different record; do not merge them. No capacityMw, energy, water or subsidy figure could be sourced for the 9LDG site.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2024-08 · source-reported proposed
9LDG announces AI data center plans; acquisition of former Globe Metallurgical plant at 3807 Highland Avenue closed July 16, 2024 for ~$3M; 18-24 month construction timeline announced
Sources and attribution
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- 9LDG Plans AI Data Center at Niagara Falls · Data Center Dynamics
- Falls firm fronted by convicted money launderer eyeing North End data center · Niagara Gazette
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID 9ldg-niagara-falls-ny. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000017
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): confirmed
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- 3807 Highland Ave., Niagara Falls, NY (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: 9 Lives Digital Group (9LDG)
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported proposed
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: August 2024
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2024-08 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 22 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Power supply description: Hydroelectric (NYPA); 100MW on-site substation
Provider’s own description of the power supply; no separate utility field was supplied.
- Power source: Hydro
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $100 million
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 500 construction
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: supported
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-09
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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