The historic Ilion, N.Y., factory that produced Remington firearms and parts for nearly 200 years may soon become the site of a 200-megawatt data center. A second will follow, according to plans included with an application filed with the state of New York.
It wasn’t until 2024 that the legendary production floors of Remington’s famed Ilion facility grew completely silent. That’s when Roundhill Group—purchaser of the firearm branch of Remington Outdoor during 2020’s bankruptcy proceedings—relocated operations of its RemArms company to LaGrange, Ga.
The Ilion site was initially listed for sale at $10 million. In June 2025, WKTV, a CBS-TV affiliate in Utica, N.Y., reported it was purchased by Turin Management for $2.1 million. CEO Kristen O’Neill said the facility’s future was uncertain, although manufacturing was not a consideration in re-development plans.
Paperwork filed by Turin Hoefler Avenue, LLC with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation earlier this year, according to a Rome (NY) Sentinel story in April, requested enrollment of 7.8 acres of the historic Remington site in the Brownfield Cleanup Program. If the state-supervised remediation was approved, according to the submitted plan, construction of a 250,000 square-foot data center would begin.
Planners have divided the 32-acre site and multiple buildings into five separate sections. The AI-training and data-processing center would serve as the cornerstone for what is envisioned as a high-tech corridor capable of attracting businesses to the small town of Ilion.
Analysis of the documents filed with New York State by Data Center Dynamics—a London-based media group focused on the industry—indicates there’s more than one data center in the works. “A 250,000 sq ft (23,225 sqm) data center is planned on Site C, and another of the same size on Site E as part of a Phase II development,” its report states. “Filings suggest the site will total 200MW. Some $2-3 billion could be invested in the project, according to filings.”
When the Remington factory closed in 2024, 274 people lost their jobs. Some of them were among the 585 released during 2020 bankruptcy proceedings. Many of those craftsmen were second- or third-generation family members working for the fabled firm.
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