US EditionExcitement grows as Micron prepares to break ground Friday
The $100 billion project aims to increase U.S. DRAM production twelvefold, create up to 50,000 jobs, and transform Central New York's economy with federal CHIPS Act support.
- On Jan. 16, 2026, Micron Technology broke ground on a $100 billion chipmaking complex at White Pine Commerce Park in Clay, New York, with Mehrotra and officials including Hochul, Schumer, Gillibrand, and Lutnick attending.
- Driven by federal CHIPS Act funding and grants, including the April 2024 grant of $6.1 billion, the project was announced in 2022 following Micron's selection of Central New York.
- The campus will add 9,000 on-site jobs and up to 50,000 regional positions while using 48 million gallons of water and producing 20 million gallons of wastewater daily, requiring about 2 million yards of site fill this year.
- Site preparation is set to start within days as Gilbane Co. begins clearing 445 acres, with tree-cutting halting March 31 to Nov. 1 and over 500 trucks on local roads daily.
- Micron expects the first fabs to enter production in 2030 and 2033, aiming for a 20-year buildout of four fabs on the 1,377-acre site; the company claims US DRAM output will rise twelvefold.
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Micron breaks ground in Central New York
CLAY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Micron broke ground in Central New York— four years after it was announced the company would be building a chip manufacturing plant in New York. Micron’s $100 billion investment is the largest private investment in New York State history. While the groundbreaking has taken place, it will be about another 20 years [...]
Micron breaks ground on massive chipmaking plant that could transform Central NY
Clay, N.Y. -- At the edge of a 1,400-acre tract of swamp, forest and former farmland just north of Syracuse, Micron Technology and public officials across the political spectrum broke ground this morning on what’s being called the largest private development in New York state history.
Micron Celebrates Official Groundbreaking at New York Megafab Site
Micron executives joined by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Governor Kathy Hochul, Senator Charles Schumer, County Executive Ryan McMahon, Members of Congress and other distinguished guests
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