Water. Power. Data. AI.

Western New York has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Niagara Falls is at its center.

The water that made Niagara Falls famous now makes it a perfect location for data centers and related technology.

As the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution creates unprecedented demand for data centers, Niagara Falls, NY–with its abundance of water, power, and infrastructure–is perfectly situated to take advantage of this golden opportunity.

Niagara Falls can become an epicenter of data, technology, related industries for generations to come, providing local government with millions of dollars in tax revenues, jobs, and technological advancement.

While data centers can be built anywhere around the globe, Niagara Falls and the surrounding region stand out. Thanks to its famous waterfalls, Niagara Falls is home to the third largest hydroelectric facility in the United States.

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The AI boom is here.

Read news stories describing the economic and technological advancement that Niagara Falls has the chance to become a part of.

Reuters: With AI demand surging, President Trump announces $500 billion investments in data centers

As the race for AI supremacy heats up, President Trump unveils Stargate, a new joint venture between OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle. The $500 billion partnership looks to create more than 100,000 jobs for Americans through the construction of data centers, signaling economic opportunities for cities like Niagara Falls.

Forbes: As the Stargate partnership takes shape, rising electricity demand still poses a major problem for the data center industry

Even as President Trump promises to invest $500 billion in data centers, the lingering issue of electricity capacity remains–a problem that Niagara Falls’ water power could solve.

CNBC: Jared Cohen, President of Global Affairs at Goldman Sachs, discusses the dangers in depending on other countries for data center growth

While US companies are looking for international options to fuel the AI boom, we have to focus on building domestic options to meet data center needs. According to Cohen: “My feeling is the US has plenty of potential to do this.” That potential is right here in Niagara Falls.

Quartz: Big Tech Companies like Microsoft are having trouble building data centers fast enough to meet AI demand

With the surge in AI, big tech’s inability to meet data center demand is beginning to impact financial results. This gives cities like Niagara Falls, with its land, power, water, and cool climate, an opportunity to fill the void.

Wall Street Journal: Why data center opportunities are going to Malaysia

The Malaysian state of Johor’s access to water, power and land has made it one of the largest markets for data centers. As tech companies scramble to finding locations with an adequate amount of electricity, water, and land, they are investing billions of dollars outside of the United States instead of in places like Niagara Falls, which has the land, water and power to support data center development.

Wall Street Journal: Amid the surge in demand for data centers, Nvidia takes on the role of data center designer

Nvidia is playing a growing role in designing data centers in the midst of an AI boom. As competition for data center development intensifies, Nvidia is looking to increase its advantage over rivals by placing a broader focus on software, data-center design services and networking technology.

Wall Street Journal: How companies plan to cool data centers as demand rises

Cooling has become a booming industry as companies compete to control server temperatures and limit the cost of air conditioning in the growing data center industry. Cooler conditions, like those in Niagara Falls, give data centers a competitive edge.

Wall Street Journal: Amazon to invest $100 billion on data centers

Amazon looks to reap the benefits of the data center boom by investing $100BB in the surging industry. The Wall Street Journal reports on the tech industry’s continued focus on finding the land, power, water, and transmission lines needed to meet the incredible demand for data centers in local communities, both across the US and globally.

Data Center Knowledge: The data center boom in Ohio produces billions of dollars in investment

Google has invested $2.3BB in Columbus area, and Data Center Knowledge reports that other local communities in northern US states were among the prime beneficiaries of the data center gold rush.

Wall Street Journal: AI’s insatiable need to power data centers

There’s not enough power for America’s high-tech ambitions, leading to millions of dollars of economic spin-off opportunities for cities. Georgia is a magnet for data centers and other cutting-edge industries, but vast electricity demands are clashing with the newcomers’ green-energy goals.

Economist: Supply bottlenecks slow the scramble to build bigger, more powerful data centers

As tech titans continue to invest billions in data centers, they are running into issues meeting demands with the shortage of AI chips.

Washington Post: Amid explosive data center demand, America is running out of power

Many cities are finding themselves with a power supply issue as AI and the boom in clean-tech manufacturing are pushing America’s power grid to the brink.

Wall Street Journal: Data center owners get an edge over big tech tenants

An AI land grab is boosting the value of shares in data centers’ landlords, like Equinix. High-tech companies desperately need new data centers to meet the needs of the AI revolution, raising rents and real estate prices in local communities that are ready to meet the exploding demand.