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 Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
Overview
source: linkdata center
The grid behind this site, right now
source: NYISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas68.4%
- Nuclear13.9%
- Hydro8.5%
- Other6.4%
- Wind2.8%
Real-time generation mix for the NYISO grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 10:10 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Kenwood Commons developer says data center moratorium is a positiveTimes Union· Jul 15, 2026
- Albany data center proposal faces new questions after Hochul's statewide moratoriumWRGB· Jul 15, 2026
- Reaction pours in over Hochul's data center moratoriumWRGB· Jul 14, 2026
- Hochul imposes moratorium on development of large data centersThe Business Journals· Jul 14, 2026
- Plug Power to sell New York and Texas sites to data center developerThe Business Journals· Jul 14, 2026
- Could a data center come to Albany? Town hall meeting lets community share their opinionsWALB· Jul 7, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No 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 gpd2021 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal28.1M gpd2020 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal27.5M gpd2019 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal30.1M gpd2018 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal28.9M gpd2017 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal31.9M gpd2016 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal30.7M gpd2015 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal25.9M gpd2014 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal19.6M gpd2013 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal25.8M gpd2012 · surface · matched by location (602 m, low confidence) · source
- Reported withdrawal25.1M gpd2011 · 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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir 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 2023Demographics 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 / NCESThe 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.