Data center profile · 1001 Expressway Drive North, Yaphank, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York

Wildflower Yaphank (Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility)

A proposed conversion of three new warehouses in Yaphank, New York, into a roughly 177 MW data center, now blocked by a statewide moratorium and an 18-month Brookhaven town moratorium

Blocked by moratoria. Wildflower Ltd. floated turning its 549,000 sq ft warehouse campus into a data center in June 2026. Governor Hochul's July 14 executive order and the town's July 16 moratorium (through Dec. 31, 2027) bar approvals, and no formal application was ever filed.
176.6 MW
continuous load at full build (press)
Newsday, June 2026; utility load, new substation on a 138 kV line; not a permitted figure
549,000 sq ft
three existing warehouses on about 71 acres
the conversion would use all of it
$1B
investment the developer cited
developer's spokesman, with 50 permanent jobs (press)
Dec. 31, 2027
Brookhaven moratorium expires
adopted unanimously July 16, 2026; the state order is a separate hurdle
OperatorWildflower Ltd. (through WF Industrial XII LLC)
CustomerNone named
Planned IT capacity141 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company or utility power figure)
Next deadlineEnd of 2027: Brookhaven's data center moratorium expires; conversion could proceed only if new town zoning allows it
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 1 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

Risks

Why it stopped, what could revive it

Power

Power and the grid

None energized or contracted yet

Grid service with new on-site substationProposed, no utility filing
176.6 MW
continuous draw at full build per Newsday (June 2026); a new substation on a 138 kV line is planned; no service agreement or interconnection request was ever located News report · July 2026
Proposed

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. June 2026
    Power plan reported
    Newsday reports a new substation tied to a nearby 138 kV line. News report · June 2026
  2. Not set
    Utility filing: none
    No service agreement, interconnection request or state utility case for the campus was located. News report · Oct. 2026
Queue positions on record
  1. Oct. 28, 2024
    NYISO queue 1721
    176.6 MW, in queue, at 138-872 Holbrook to Sills Rd Dataset · Oct. 2026
  2. Sept. 5, 2025
    NYISO queue 1744
    300 MW, in queue Dataset · Oct. 2026
Money

Money on record

$161.96M
original warehouse project investment
IDA cost-benefit analysis, Jan. 2023 Local government · Jan. 2023
$40,448
first-year payment under the 12-year PILOT
rises to $2.11 million; benefits now subject to recapture News report · March 2023
$1B
data center investment the developer described
spokesman's statement (press) News report · June 2026
$162M
total investment in the original warehouse project, per the IDA analysis
Local government · Jan. 2023
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Jan. 11, 2023
    Money Brookhaven IDA approves incentives for the three-warehouse project, which closes Mar. 24, 2023 (press) News report · March 2023
  2. May 27, 2026
    Permits IDA board reaches consensus to terminate the project's benefits and to not support data centers Local government · May 2026
  3. June 1, 2026
    Site Conversion plan reported: all 549,000 sq ft, 176.6 MW, no tenant (press) News report · June 2026
  4. June 17, 2026
    Permits Developer asks the IDA not to terminate; the board agrees to review studies first Local government · June 2026
  5. July 14, 2026
    Legal Gov. Hochul's Executive Order 62 pauses state permits for data centers of 50 MW or more State agency · July 2026
  6. July 16, 2026
    Permits Brookhaven Town Board adopts an 18-month data center moratorium, unanimously Local government · July 2026
  7. Aug. 19, 2026
    Permits IDA records the project in default and votes unanimously that it will not support data centers Local government · Aug. 2026
  8. End of 2027
    Permits Town moratorium expires (earliest the conversion could proceed) News report · Oct. 2026
The buildings

Specs

203,548 + 176,670 + 169,724 sq ft
the three warehouse buildings as proposed in 2022
Local government · July 2022
50 jobs
permanent jobs proposed for the data center, versus 191 for the warehouses
Local government · June 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owners
  • Wildflower Ltd. (New York): parent developer; Michael Bowden is its spokesman
  • WF Industrial XII LLC: owner and IDA applicant
Decision-makers
  • Brookhaven Town Board: adopted the moratorium
  • Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency: tax benefits
  • Governor Kathy Hochul: Executive Order 62
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

84 records from 20 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, public and commercial datasets and state agency records, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 9Local government 9Dataset 1State agency 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (9)
  • large load interconnection request: load interconnection request in queue (NYISO Project Status #10)
    “"Brookhaven Logistics Center"; "WF Industrial XII LLC"; "138-872 Holbrook to Sills Rd"”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Interconnection status: NYISO load queue positions for the site: Q1721 Brookhaven Logistics Center 176.6 MW (WF Industrial XII LLC, filed Oct 2024), matching the folder mw utility 176.6, and Q1744 Brookhaven Data Center
    “Load Projects”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • large load interconnection request: load interconnection request in queue (NYISO Project Status #0)
    “"Brookhaven Data Center"; "Brookhaven Logistics Center, LLC"; "LIPA 138kV line circuit, between Caithness Long Island Energy Center Substation and Brookhaven Substation. Coordinates: 40°49'05.8"N 72°55'45.4"W."”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Project status: moratorium hold
    “But the project is in limbo after New York's governor, Kathy Hochul, imposed a statewide, year-long moratorium on data center projects of 50MW or more.”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Utility service: 176.6 MW
    “The project would draw a proposed 176.6 megawatts of continuous power from the Long Island Power Authority system.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Utility: Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) / PSEG Long Island
    “The project would draw a proposed 176.6 megawatts of continuous power from the Long Island Power Authority system.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • LIPA has said it does not anticipate reliability problems from serving the proposed 176.6 MW load, subject to engineering review and project milestones - a preliminary statement only; no service agreement was found
    “LIPA has said it does not anticipate reliability problems from serving the proposed load, subject to engineering review and project milestones.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Conversion named the Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility; 549,000 sq ft, 176.6 MW continuous load, new substation tied to a nearby 138-kV line.
    “the plan uses all 549,000 square feet, draws 176.6 megawatts continuously, and adds a new substation tied to a nearby 138-kV line.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Conversion plan reported June 2026 (Newsday): use all 549,000 sq ft as the Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility, drawing 176.6 MW continuously, new substation tied to a nearby 138-kV line, $1B private investment, n
    “the plan uses all 549,000 square feet, draws 176.6 megawatts continuously, and adds a new substation tied to a nearby 138-kV line. No tenant has been named”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (17)
  • Brookhaven IDA benefits package (WF Industrial XII) - default enforcement (Aug 2026 packet): default enforcement Brookhaven IDA benefits package for WF Industrial XII warehouse project: Aug 19, 2026 IDA packet: project c
    “Mr. Trotta made a motion to confirm that the Agency will not support data centers.”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Brookhaven IDA, Aug 19, 2026: WF Industrial XII is in default of its IDA agreements; termination held during the moratoria while agency and project attorneys talk; IDA separately resolved unanimously that the Agency will
    “WF Industrial XII, LLC This project is currently in default of their IDA agreements. Subsequent to that, the State has passed a one-year moratorium on data centers, and the Town has passed a moratorium for eighteen months.”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Brookhaven IDA, Aug 19, 2026: WF Industrial XII is in default of its IDA agreements; termination held during the moratoria while agency and project attorneys talk; IDA separately resolved unanimously that the Agency will
    “This project is currently in default of their IDA agreements.”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Proposed Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility would occupy all 549,000 sq ft of the recently built warehouse space on 71 acres near the LIE north service road.
    “The proposed Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility would occupy all 549,000 square feet of recently constructed warehouse space built by owner WF Industrial”
    Local government · June 2026 · grade B
  • Brookhaven IDA benefits package (WF Industrial XII) - proposed project change (data center conversion): project change Brookhaven IDA benefits package for WF Industrial XII warehouse project: Developer proposes convertin
    “The project is proposing all three buildings would be data centers and create fifty fulltime equivalent employees as well as construction jobs.”
    Local government · June 2026 · grade B
  • Brookhaven IDA benefits package (WF Industrial XII) - default notice (Apr 2026 board vote): default enforcement Brookhaven IDA benefits package for WF Industrial XII warehouse project: Board voted (April 2026) to send a
    “The Board voted to send a default letter and recapture benefits last month. It was the consensus of the Board to move forward with terminating this project.”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade B
  • Brookhaven IDA benefits package (WF Industrial XII) - stated investment: investment Brookhaven IDA benefits package for WF Industrial XII warehouse project: Project total investment $161,960,000 (IDA cost-benefit analysi
    “Project Total Investment $161,960,000 ... Project Title WF XII, LLC ... Project Location North Service Rd LIE Yaphank, NY”
    Local government · Jan. 2023 · grade B
  • Brookhaven IDA benefits package (WF Industrial XII) - jobs commitment: jobs Brookhaven IDA benefits package for WF Industrial XII warehouse project: 191 direct ongoing (operations) jobs over the life of the PILOT (IDA co
    “Ongoing (Operations) Aggregate over life of the PILOT ... Jobs 191 0 191”
    Local government · Jan. 2023 · grade B
  • Site location: North side of Long Island Expressway (I-495) North Service Road, approximately 100 feet west of Sills Road, Yaphank, NY (SCTM 200-662-2-5.16)
    “The site location is more specifically described as the north side of Long Island Expressway (I-495)North Service Road, approximately 100 feet west of Sills Road.”
    Local government · July 2022 · grade B
  • Floor area: 549942 sq ft
    “which are proposed to be 203,548 square feet (sf), 176,670 sf, and 169,724 sf, resulting in a total of 549,942 sf of warehouse space.”
    Local government · July 2022 · grade B
  • Developer describes the conversion as a $1 billion private investment with 50 permanent operating jobs.
    “Michael Bowden, described the project as a $1 billion private investment with 50 permanent operating jobs once complete.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Campus address reported as 1001 Expressway Drive North, Yaphank; three buildings on a 42.1-acre portion of a 71.4-acre parcel.
    “Brookhaven Logistics Center sits at 1001 Expressway Drive North in Yaphank. It is a three-building campus of about 550,000 square feet”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • $40,448 in the first year with annual escalations endin
    “The 12-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the IDA calls for the developer to pay $40,448 in the first year”
    News report · March 2023 · grade C
  • Brookhaven IDA benefits package (WF Industrial XII) - closing: closing date Brookhaven IDA benefits package for WF Industrial XII warehouse project: Closing on the benefits package occurred March 24, 2023.
    “The closing on March 24, 2023, involves incentives for WF Industrial XII LLC, an affiliate of Wildflower Ltd.”
    News report · March 2023 · grade C
  • IDA benefits package (PILOT): PILOT term 12 years
    “The 12-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the IDA calls for the developer to pay $40,448 in the first year”
    News report · March 2023 · grade C
  • Brookhaven IDA approved incentives Jan 11, 2023 and closed Mar 24, 2023 on the $162M, three-building warehouse project (549,942 sq ft on a 71.45-acre parcel, 12-year PILOT) for WF Industrial XII LLC
    “The closing on March 24, 2023, involves incentives for WF Industrial XII LLC, an affiliate of Wildflower Ltd. The incentives were approved by the IDA on Jan. 11, 2023.”
    News report · March 2023 · grade C
  • IDA benefits approval: project investment 162 USD million
    “The incentives were approved by the IDA on Jan. 11, 2023.”
    News report · Jan. 2023 · grade C
Permits and government (21)
  • Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency:
    “WF Industrial XII, LLC This project is currently in default of their IDA agreements.”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • moratorium referral review: approved the Brookhaven data center moratorium referral
    “said referral was considered by the Suffolk County Planning Commission at its meeting on August 5th, 2026”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Suffolk County Planning Commission:
    “RESOLVED, that the Suffolk County Planning Commission Approved the Introductory Local Law #11 of 2026 for Chapter 17 Article 1 - Data Centers Moratorium with the following condition”
    Local government · Aug. 2026 · grade B
  • Town of Brookhaven - Town Board:
    “On July 16, 2026 the Town of Brookhaven unanimously adopted a local law establishing a moratorium for Data Centers that will expire on December 31, 2027”
    Local government · July 2026 · grade B
  • Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency:
    “WF Industrial XII, LLC requested that the Agency not move forward with terminating their project.”
    Local government · June 2026 · grade B
  • Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency:
    “It was the consensus of the Board to move forward with terminating this project.”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade B
  • Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency:
    “Due to the lack of jobs created and the potential impacts to the environment and energy concerns, it is the consensus of the Board to not support data centers.”
    Local government · May 2026 · grade B
  • Town of Brookhaven - Planning Board:
    “A Planning Board Public Hearing will be held ... to consider for a Land Division with variances, the proposal is known as Wildflower Land Division @ Yaphank”
    Local government · Nov. 2025 · grade B
  • The Wildflower (WF Industrial XII LLC) 549,000 sq ft / ~176 MW Yaphank project h: data center moratoria pause the project (state 1-year moratorium on >=50 MW data centers; Brookhaven 18-month moratorium to Jan. 2028)
    “the project is in limbo after New York's governor, Kathy Hochul, imposed a statewide, year-long moratorium on data center projects of 50MW or more... an 18-month data center moratorium, running until January 2028”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Even after the town moratorium expires Dec. 31, 2027, the conversion can proceed only if Brookhaven's new zoning allows it; the EO 62 state review is a separate hurdle.
    “Not before the town moratorium expires on December 31, 2027, and only if Brookhaven's new zoning allows it.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Brookhaven townwide 18-month data center moratorium approved Jul 16, 2026 through Dec 31, 2027; combined with NY Executive Order 62 the conversion cannot be processed before 2028 at the earliest
    “Brookhaven has approved a townwide moratorium on new data center applications and local approvals through Dec. 31, 2027”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • data center moratorium (local law): adopted - bars town review/approvals for data centers through Dec 31, 2027
    “On July 16, 2026, the Brookhaven Town Board voted unanimously for a data-center moratorium that runs through December 31, 2027.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Wildflower's application was incomplete when the moratorium passed and will not be processed during the 18-month pause (Town Attorney).
    “Town Attorney Annette Eaderesto said it was incomplete when the moratorium passed and will not be processed during the 18-month pause”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Brookhaven Town Board voted unanimously (six members present, 11:23 p.m., after a five-hour hearing with 60 speakers against and ~300 attending) on Jul 16, 2026 for an 18-month townwide data center moratorium running thr
    “The six Town Board members present approved the measure unanimously at 11:23 p.m. Thursday, after hundreds of people filled the Farmingville auditorium and the public hearing continued for more than five hours.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Town of Brookhaven - Town Board (video):
    “The six Town Board members present approved the measure unanimously at 11:23 p.m. Thursday, after hundreds of people filled the Farmingville auditorium”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • state discretionary environmental permits: held in abeyance for data centers drawing 50 MW or more, for up to one year
    “the Department of Environmental Conservation may not issue new discretionary environmental permits for data centers drawing 50 MW or more of power for up to one year”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Gov. Hochul signed Executive Order No. 62 on Jul 14, 2026: statewide pause (up to one year) on DEC discretionary approvals for data centers consuming 50 MW or more, pending a DPS Generic Environmental Impact Statement
    “Hochul signed an executive order July 14 freezing permits for large-scale data centers - defined as those pulling 50 megawatts or more from the electrical grid - for up to one year”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Town officials said through June 2026 that no formal data-center application had been filed.
    “Town officials had said through June that no formal application had been filed”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • March 2026 IDA minutes: WF Industrial XII reported no jobs at the property, leading the board to vote to terminate benefits and recapture PILOT, sales-tax and mortgage-recording-tax incentives.
    “agency minutes said WF Industrial XII, a Wildflower affiliate, reported no jobs at the property, leading the IDA board to vote to terminate its benefits”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • By March 2026 the warehouse campus was still unleased; IDA minutes record WF Industrial XII reported no jobs at the property and the board voted to terminate its benefits and recapture its PILOT, sales-tax and mortgage-r
    “In March, agency minutes said WF Industrial XII, a Wildflower affiliate, reported no jobs at the property, leading the IDA board to vote to terminate its benefits and recapture its incentives.”
    News report · March 2026 · grade C
  • Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency:
    “The incentives were approved by the IDA on Jan. 11, 2023. Wildflower Industrial XII plans to build three industrial buildings totaling 550,000 s/f”
    News report · Jan. 2023 · grade C
Site and other (9)
  • Announced: June 17, 2026
    “Mr. Baker detailed efforts made by this project to identify subtenants for this facility; they are now considering turning the facility into a data center.”
    Local government · June 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 36103
    “The proposed development consists of three single-story warehouse buildings, known as Expressway Drive North Warehouse Buildings, located in the hamlet of Yaphank, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County.”
    Local government · July 2022 · grade B
  • Project name: Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility (conversion of the Brookhaven Logistics Center warehouses)
    “It calls the conversion the Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility.”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Site address: 1001 Expressway Drive North, Yaphank, NY
    “The public debate has centered on Wildflower Ltd.’s proposed Brookhaven Digital Infrastructure Facility at 1001 Expressway Drive North in Yaphank.”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Project status: stalled - data center proposed only; site in warehouse use; town application ruled incomplete when the moratorium took effect and will not be processed during the 18-month pause
    “it was incomplete when the moratorium passed and will not be processed during the 18-month pause”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Developer claims closed-loop cooling with no more water use than the previously approved trucking warehouses, offset by rooftop rainwater harvesting.
    “the proposed center would consume no more water than the trucking warehouses previously approved for the site”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Change.org petition 'Stop a data center in Yaphank, New York' published Jun 24, 2026; town officials said through June that no formal data center application had been filed
    “Please sign this petition to oppose the use of the warehouse space in Yaphank for a data center and help us keep our community livable and sustainable.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • No tenant named; operating date moved to late 2027 or early 2028.
    “No tenant has been named, and the operating date has moved to late 2027 or early 2028.”
    News report · June 2026 · grade C
  • Developer: Wildflower Ltd (through WF Industrial XII LLC)
    “The closing on March 24, 2023, involves incentives for WF Industrial XII LLC, an affiliate of Wildflower Ltd., a New York City development firm.”
    News report · May 2023 · grade C