Purpose: This petition demands that the Village of Ilion, New York impose an immediate temporary moratorium on accepting, reviewing, or approving new permits, rezoning requests, or site plans for data centers and high-impact digital infrastructure. The moratorium will let the village amend the municipal zoning code to remove data centers as a by-right use in all industrial and commercial districts and require each proposed facility to undergo a mandatory special-exception or conditional-use review, with well published public hearings, specific operating conditions, and assessment of environmental, health, and financial impacts. In addition, we would seek a requirement of a decommission bond that would force any developer or owner of any type of development, should there be one, to cover any site cleanup costs, should they cease to operate on that site.
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Reached 250 supporters
August 22, 2026
Reached 100 supporters
August 15, 2026
75 Comments
We live very close to the location and are very concerned that there hasn’t been enough research in the negative effects it would have on our village and environment. Also, we were never properly informed of the go ahead that the government has given the current purchasing agents of the former Remington Arms site as they have not been completely transparent to the residents. They have not taken any survey with the community to see who is for or against the project.
This data center will impact electrical and water services in the village which are already insufficient. The water is unsinkable. The cost of electric service is draining on all customers as it is.
We must protect our small village from polluting our water,land. Our former and some current trustees allowed the herkimer IDA to vote this in while signing to give the owners millions in grants. We need a say into such a life impacting development. Protect our land, water, health and our home values
Ilion needs businesses that provide good paying jobs, not a data center that employ only a few. Also we need something for our kids. There is nothing here for them to do.
Because my grandfather worked his entire life at this factory and he was very proud to be apart of such a great company the Remington Arms holds a very strong importance to the people who worked there as it does to the residents. This company was born in ilion and should have stayed in ilion. And a data center is the last thing anyone wants to go in there I promise you that.
Against AI Data Center in Ilion NY
I believe a data center will be a detriment to the area
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Purpose: This petition demands that the Village of Ilion, New York impose an immediate temporary moratorium on accepting, reviewing, or approving new permits, rezoning requests, or site plans for data centers and high-impact digital infrastructure. The moratorium will let the village amend the municipal zoning code to remove data centers as a by-right use in all industrial and commercial districts and require each proposed facility to undergo a mandatory special-exception or conditional-use review, with well published public hearings, specific operating conditions, and assessment of environmental, health, and financial impacts. In addition, we would seek a requirement of a decommission bond that would force any developer or owner of any type of development, should there be one, to cover any site cleanup costs, should they cease to operate on that site.
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Reached 250 supporters
August 22, 2026
Reached 100 supporters
August 15, 2026
75 Comments
I'm signing this because it's not safe having a data near any residential areas, when Safe buffer zones for living near a large data center is anywhere between 300 and 750 feet but suggested buffer zone is .25 to .50 mile. not to mention the strain on thge Power grid and the amt of water needed.
We live very close to the location and are very concerned that there hasn’t been enough research in the negative effects it would have on our village and environment. Also, we were never properly informed of the go ahead that the government has given the current purchasing agents of the former Remington Arms site as they have not been completely transparent to the residents. They have not taken any survey with the community to see who is for or against the project.
This data center will impact electrical and water services in the village which are already insufficient. The water is unsinkable. The cost of electric service is draining on all customers as it is.
We must protect our small village from polluting our water,land. Our former and some current trustees allowed the herkimer IDA to vote this in while signing to give the owners millions in grants. We need a say into such a life impacting development. Protect our land, water, health and our home values
Ilion needs businesses that provide good paying jobs, not a data center that employ only a few. Also we need something for our kids. There is nothing here for them to do.
Because my grandfather worked his entire life at this factory and he was very proud to be apart of such a great company the Remington Arms holds a very strong importance to the people who worked there as it does to the residents. This company was born in ilion and should have stayed in ilion. And a data center is the last thing anyone wants to go in there I promise you that.
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I believe a data center will be a detriment to the area
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I'm signing this because it's not safe having a data near any residential areas, when Safe buffer zones for living near a large data center is anywhere between 300 and 750 feet but suggested buffer zone is .25 to .50 mile. not to mention the strain on thge Power grid and the amt of water needed.