Rome Sentinel: Double dose of good news 2,000 jobs and $2B
investment predicted in pair of projects
Published:
Friday, August 21, 2015 - 11:35
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HIGH-TECH PROJECTS — Gov. Andrew Cuomo kicks off his Capital for a
Day at the Raddison Hotel in Utica this morning. The governor and
his staff were touring the region today, meeting with residents and
local leaders as well as announcing a pair of high-tech projects for
the region which are anticipated to bring some 2,000 jobs to the
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MARCY — The Mohawk Valley received a welcomed double dose of high-tech good news today with 2,000 jobs and some $2 billion in private investment projected in a pair of projects for the region.
Speaking at SUNY Polytechnic Institute this morning, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said an Austrian company — AMS AG — has picked the Marcy Nanocenter for a computer chip plant — an announcement that was more than 15 years in the making. He also announced that General Electric will be the first major tenant in the Computer Chip Commercialization Center, or Quad-C, that’s nearing completion on the SUNY Poly campus.
AMS wafer fabrication facility
AMS AG said at the end of July it had signed an agreement with the state to operate a chip fabrication plant at an unidentified New York location. Much speculation and optimism immediately followed that Marcy would be the company’s choice. Mohawk Valley EDGE has been developing the site since the let 1990s. All the work paid dividends today with the landing of AMS and its 360,000-square foot wafer fabrication facility.
Published Aug 20, 2015 at 12:20 pm
BY DAN GUZEWICH Staff writer
