6 takeaways from Micron’s long-awaited groundbreaking: ‘a turning point for Central NY’
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Key Points:
- Micron Technology officially broke ground on its massive semiconductor manufacturing campus in Clay, Central New York, marking a turning point expected to revitalize the region’s economy and manufacturing sector over the next two decades.
- The project, backed by up to $25 billion in taxpayer subsidies and totaling over $51 billion in investment, aims to build up to four advanced factories producing memory chips critical for AI, data centers, and mobile devices, potentially employing 9,000 people onsite and creating 40,000 additional regional jobs.
- Key political figures including U.S. Senator Charles Schumer and New York Governor Kathy Hochul emphasized the bipartisan support and historic significance of the project in reversing decades of economic decline and brain drain in Upstate New York.
- Despite
