Friday, June 23, 2006

AMD Chooses Saratoga County NY for Microchip Plant

An AP newswire article, via SFGate.com, reports that:

Semiconductor maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc., lured by about $1 billion in state incentives, will build a multibillion dollar chip manufacturing plant in upstate New York, creating 2,000 permanent jobs, a state Assemblyman said Friday.

AMD, based in Sunnyvale, Calif. chose to locate the new $3.5 billion plant on a 600-acre site in Malta, about 25 miles north of Albany, said Assemblyman Ronald Canestrari, an Albany County Democrat.

"It's a done deal," Canestrari said.

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