Empire AI Gamma
Empire AI consortium (hosted by the University at Buffalo, SUNY) is building a data center in Erie County, New York (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Investment
- $40M
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
Operator
Empire AI consortium (hosted by the University at Buffalo, SUNY)
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- 15 mo ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2026-08.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2025-06.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 2, figures differ
- Location
- Street address reported
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Empire AI consortium (hosted by the University at Buffalo, SUNY)
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported investment
- $40M
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2025-06
Site
- City
- Buffalo
- County
- Erie
- State
- New York
- Location precision
- Street address reported
Power and cooling
- Cooling
- Closed loop
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Permits and public records
- Incentives reported
- Empire AI state capital funding (Beta-phase NVIDIA supercomputing equipment) (New York State) $40,000,000
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Empire AI Beta | Operating | Not reported |
| Compute Atlas | Empire AI Gamma | Under construction | Not reported |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 10, 2026 · Record: empire-ai-beta-buffalo-ny
- CAOffice of the Governor of New York State (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CAUniversity at Buffalo (UBNow) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CAOffice of the Governor of New York State (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CAUniversity at Buffalo (UBNow) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 10, 2026
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Sep 9, 2026 · Record: empire-ai-gamma-buffalo-ny
- CAOffice of the Governor of New York State (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- CAUniversity at Buffalo (UBNow) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Sep 9, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 118123596815458
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Empire AI Gamma”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/empire-ai-gamma-ny-dc_6b6ecb071c62, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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