Micron pours first concrete in Town of Clay, marking new milestone for semiconductor site
CLAY, N.Y. — The first concrete was poured at the Micron construction site in the Town of Clay on Thursday. It was another major milestone in the long-anticipated semiconductor facility project. It was just in January when local, state and federal elected officials, alongside Micron's top brass, that ground officially broke on the project. Now, the project is ahead of schedule, the tech giant said. The name of the day was "Concrete Progress." Much of the focus was on how Micron promises to advance Syracuse and Central New York to new age of technology. Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon referred the project as a "great American story." He said those who doubted the possibility of the project even coming into fruition are now watching 100 Years from now someone will be making the newest greatest tech, but they won't know how we got here," he said. In 2022, Micron promised a $100 billion investment into Central New York. It wa slater announced that figure has been raised to $200 billion. Then today, another $50 billion for a total of $255 billion. Micron President & CEO Sanjay Mehrotra said the facility and its four planned semiconductor fabs are the is the beginning of the future of Central New York. He said it's about people's careers, families and American Technology. "What we are building here is one of the most complex manufacturing projects in the country," said Mehrotra. "Let me put that into perspective, the foundation will require more than 3-hundred thousand cubic yards of concrete roughly four empire state buildings." He added, "Each fab will contain 70-thousand tons of structural steel nearly as much as the golden gate bridge and over 4-thousand skilled tradespeople will be working on this site every single day." Micron said construction will start on the second of four fabrication plants in 2028. They said that once completed, it will be the largest semiconductor facility in the country. Micron said that its projects across the United States will create nearly 100,000 jobs. In New York State, the project is expected to create 50,000 jobs. 9,000 of those jobs will be careers directly with Micron. Governor Kathy Hochul, Representatives John Mannion and Claudia Tenney and representees from President Donald Trump's Administration were at the pouring.
Source: WSTM