Micron will build a new $100 billion computer chip factory over the next two decades in upstate New York.
The company will build the manufacturing facility at White Pine Commerce Park, in Clay, a suburb of Syracuse, N.Y. in Onondaga County.
The project is expected to bring tens of thousands of jobs to the region, said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y), at an Oct. 4 joint press conference announcing the plan, according to The New York Times.
The new chip factory was made possible by the recently passed CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which was co-sponsored by Schumer and allocates $52 billion in grants to encourage and expand domestic semiconductor production….