Micron picks Syracuse, New York suburb for huge computer chip plant that would bring up to 9,000 jobs

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Micron Technology plans to spend up to $100 billion building a mega-complex of computer chip plants in Syracuse’s northern suburbs in what would be the largest single private investment in New York history.Now I’ve been around long enough to see Upstate rise again, and this is going to be the catalyst.” Hochul said the project would boost the economy across Upstate New York over the next two decades, expanding a corridor focused on semiconductor manufacturing from Albany through Utica and Syracuse.Mehrotra said the investment in Central New York would also be the largest in Micron’s history, equipping it to build high-end memory chips for a market that is expected to double in the years ahead.Schumer, Hochul and Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon said they formed a bipartisan team that worked for almost two years trying to lure Micron to Central New York with a package of incentives and a relentless effort to showcase the region’s assets.The company’s decision is expected to transform the Central New York economy over the next decade, as thousands of high-paying jobs"

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