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In the north tower of the Key Center in downtown Buffalo, one of the quietest parts of the Buffalo Billion is taking shape.

Inside, on the fourth floor in temporary space that is less than half filled, IBM Corp. is slowly building what the company and state officials hope will be a key cog in efforts to build up the Buffalo Niagara region’s undersized tech sector, with a goal of creating 500 technology and support jobs by the fall of 2020.

For IBM’s new innovation center in Buffalo, it’s all about data.

Image: Servers in the new IBM Buffalo Innovation Center in Key Tower, Wednesday, March 16, 2016. (Derek Gee/Buffalo News)