BATAVIA — A state senator who is seeking to implement more stringent regulations on large data centers came to Genesee County on Sunday to meet with local officials and opponents of the $19.5 billion Stream data center proposed for the Town of Alabama.
State Sen. Kristen Gonzalez, D–Manhattan, visited opponents of the project in Alabama and Batavia and toured the site of the proposed data center at the Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park with officials from the Genesee County Economic Development Center, which owns the site.
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