Governor Andrew Cuomo makes a stop in downtown Rochester on Tuesday, and he’s expected to announce that Datto, a provider of computer data backup and recovery services, plans to create 200 jobs.
Datto, a Connecticut-based company which was founded by an RIT grad several years ago, is expected to bring those jobs to the building now known as “The Metropolitan,” formerly Chase Tower.
Cuomo is also expected to announce the state will provide a grant of just over $2 million to help the company.
Datto already employs nearly 150 people in the Rochester area. It was this area’s first START-UP NY company when it opened an office in 2014. START-UP NY is a program that allowed companies to operate for ten years in tax-free areas associated with colleges and universities around the state.
During his visit on Tuesday, Cuomo is also expected to go over the priorities he outlined in the recent State of the State message
