Public hearing for data center project financial assistance in Genesee County.

GENESEE COUNTY

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING



NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Article 18-A of the New York General Municipal Law will be held by the Genesee County Industrial Development Agency d/b/a Genesee County Economic Development Center (the "Agency") on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at 4:00 p.m., local time, at the Alabama Fire Hall, 2230 Judge Road, Basom, New York 14013, in connection with the following matter:




STREAM U.S. DATA CENTERS, L.L.C., for itself or on behalf of an entity formed or to be formed by it or on its behalf (collectively, the "Company") has submitted an application, as supplemented (the "Application") to the Agency, a copy of which is on file with the Agency, requesting the Agency's assistance with respect to a certain project (the "Project") consisting of: (i) the acquisition by the Agency of a leasehold or other interest in certain property located on or at Crosby Road, 6596 Crosby Road and 6608 Crosby Road, each in the Town of Alabama, Genesee County, New York and all other lands in the Town of Alabama where, by license, lease, easement or other agreement, the Company or its designees are making improvements that benefit the Project (the "Land"; being more particularly identified as all or a portion of tax parcel Nos. 10.-1-42.2, 10.-1-41, 10.-1-8, 10.-1-9, 10.-1-10, 10.-1-4.2, 10.-1-3, 10.-1-4.112 and 10.-1-7); (ii) the planning, design, construction and leasing of three (3) buildings totaling approximately 2,200,000 square feet to be developed into certain data processing related space, along with utility and site improvements, parking lots, access and egress improvements, signage, curbage, landscaping and stormwater retention and related improvements (collectively, the "Improvements"); and (iii) the acquisition by the Company in and around the Improvements of certain items of machinery, equipment and other tangible personal property (the "Equipment"; and, together with the Land and the Improvements, the "Facility").




The Agency may acquire and/or retain title to, or a leasehold interest in, the Facility and lease the Facility back to the Company. The Company will operate the Facility during the term of the lease. At the end of the lease term, the Company will purchase the Facility from the Agency, or if the Agency holds a leasehold interest, the leasehold interest will be terminated. The Agency contemplates that it will provide financial assistance (the "Financial Assistance") to the Company in the form of (a) a sales and use tax exemption for purchases and rentals related to the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, renovation and equipping of the Project (b) a real property tax abatement and (c) a partial mortgage recording tax exemption consistent with the policies of the Agency.




It is contemplated that the Company, Genesee County, the Town of Alabama, and the Oakfield-Alabama Central School District, respectively, will each enter into a host community benefit agreement (or similar agreement) in connection with the Project.




The Agency will, to the extent practicable, broadcast the public hearing live at https://vimeo.com/event/3477651, and the public hearing video will be available for on-demand viewing on the Agency's website at www.gcedc.com/projects.




The Agency encourages all interested parties to submit written comments to the Agency, which will be included within the public hearing record. Any written comments may be sent to the Agency via email at streampublichearing@gcedc.com no later than Friday, April 17, 2026.




A representative of the Agency will be at the above-stated time and place to present a copy of the Company's Project Application and hear and accept written and oral comments from all persons with views in favor of or opposed to or otherwise relevant to the proposed Financial Assistance.




Dated: April 4, 2026

GENESEE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

D/B/A GENESEE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTER