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IBM Building

80 State Street · Albany, Albany County, NY

Source: OpenStreetMap

IBM Building is a mapped data center in Albany County, NY. DataCentersExposed has documented a 15,355 sq ft footprint at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

Real parent
Operator
Est. capacity
~5-10 MW
Footprint
15,355 sq ft
Utility
Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
Grid
NYIS
Attribution & capacity confidence:mediumprimary source
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Most sites are mapped — located but awaiting a second source. How we verify

Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

source: link

data center

The grid behind this site, right now

source: NYISO · gridstatus
Clean right now
51%
Fossil right now
43%
Grid operator
NYISO
  • Natural Gas43.0%
  • Nuclear26.7%
  • Hydro21.6%
  • Other5.9%
  • Wind2.7%

Real-time generation mix for the NYISO grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 4:25 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.

Water use

  • Reported withdrawal28.1M gpd
    2021 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal28.1M gpd
    2020 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal27.5M gpd
    2019 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal30.1M gpd
    2018 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal28.9M gpd
    2017 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal31.9M gpd
    2016 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal30.7M gpd
    2015 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal25.9M gpd
    2014 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal19.6M gpd
    2013 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal25.8M gpd
    2012 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
  • Reported withdrawal25.1M gpd
    2011 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source

Location-matched records come from state withdrawal reporting, which redacts owner names in the public release. A nearby withdrawal point is circumstantial evidence — the distance and confidence shown are part of the claim.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
55
PM2.5
Moderate
46
O3
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Upper Hudson Valley Region), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$48.9K
People of color
42%
Below poverty
38%
Tract population
2,074

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Arbor Hill Elementary School in Albany, is 0.4 mi from this site (265 students). 5 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.