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Data centers in Herkimer County, New York: 1 project mapped
The former Remington Arms factory in Ilion made guns for more than 200 years before it closed in 2024. Its new owner, Turin Hoefler Avenue LLC, has told the state it wants to turn part of the plant into a data center: a 250,000-square-foot building on Site C, a second the same size later on Site E, and 200 megawatts of power costing $2 billion to $3 billion, Data Center Dynamics reported. Soil there is contaminated with arsenic and mercury above state standards and would need cleanup first, CNY Central reported.
Residents organized before any permit was filed. Close to 100 people marched in Ilion on June 17, 2026. "If you wait until there's a permit or something, guess what? It's too late," said organizer Jax Sweeney, a former Remington union employee, who said she supported redeveloping the plant but not as a data center. "We're not against Turin," she said. "We just want viable businesses for Ilion." David Murray, elected mayor the day before in a write-in campaign, said opposition to a data center was one of his platforms: "We don't want a data center in the Village of Ilion."
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Critics point to the village's water system. Mike Cecconi of Little Falls, whose father worked at Remington, told Mohawk Valley Today that Ilion's "fragile, crumbling, underfunded water infrastructure" made it the worst place for such a project. The state legislature passed a one-year moratorium on permitting and construction of new large-scale data centers on June 5, and Governor Kathy Hochul separately ordered a one-year pause on new hyperscale data centers while the state writes standards.
Turin and its environmental consultant did not respond to Mohawk Valley Today's requests for comment. No permit application has been filed for the site, and officials say the plans remain fluid.
Data center projects on record in Herkimer County
Grouped by the town each site sits in. The report above may name projects that have no record here yet.
Ilion1
| Project | Company | Status | Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Former Remington Gun Factory Data CenterIlion | Turin Hoefler Avenue LLC (Turin Management) | Proposed, early stage | 200 MW |
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