Re: “Manufacturing cells there, not using them.”
Agree.
But, usually, a business tries to locate as close as possible to its best customers.
I assume it located in Buffalo because Buffalo offered the best subsidies, which means New York state taxpayers are the company’s best customers.
If customers are largely in state, then the money is just getting circulated; that doesn’t help a state hemorrhaging cash. NY, being desperate to import cash, is encouraging a business which will bring in a lot of out of state money.