[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="534"] The location of the newly announce Photonics Center, 115 Canal Landing Boulevard in Greece. July 23, 2015.(Photo: SHAWN DOWD/@sdowdphoto/, STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)[/caption]

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state leaders are vowing that a public-private partnership for the Integrated Photonics Institute for Manufacturing Innovation would exceed a $625 million investment and create thousands of jobs in the Rochester area over the next decade.

Cuomo laid out the details of the application, which has yet to be made public, in a June 11 letter to the U.S. Department of Defense, saying the institute would be the "premier international manufacturing hub and marketplace for photonics integrated circuitry (PIC) industry."

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