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| https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/four-years-after-schumers-landmark-chips-and-science-act-became-law-upstate-new-york-is-powering-americas-semiconductor-comeback | FOUR YEARS AFTER SCHUMER’S LANDMARK CHIPS & SCIENCE ACT BECAME LAW, UPSTATE NEW YORK IS POWERING AMERICA’S SEMICONDUCTOR COMEBACK | 2026-08-11 | 2026 | 2026-08 | Democrat | Senate | NY | Charles E. Schumer | S000148 | www.schumer.senate.gov | schumer | https://www.schumer.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases | scraper | Schumer’s CHIPS & Science Law Has Delivered Hundreds Of Billions In New Investment To Bring Back American Manufacturing, Strengthen Supply Chains, & Create Good-Paying Jobs Upstate New York Is Building The Critical Technologies The World Needs—Ensuring The U.S. Leads The Future, Not China Schumer: Upstate NY Is Powering America’s Chip Comeback Four years after his landmark CHIPS & Science Act was signed into law, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer marked the anniversary by highlighting how Upstate New York communities that made America a manufacturing powerhouse throughout the nation’s history are now powering the nation’s semiconductor comeback, attracting billions of dollars of investment, and delivering tens of thousands of new, good-paying jobs across Upstate NY. From IBM in Endicott, which helped define the modern computing era, to General Electric in Schenectady and Syracuse, birthplace of some of America’s most important innovations, to Kodak in Rochester, which pioneered imaging technologies used around the globe, Upstate New York discovered, developed, and built technologies that transformed the world. Schumer said decades of disinvestment, offshoring, and the decline of major legacy manufacturers left too many communities in Upstate New York struggling to replace the family-supporting careers and opportunities that once defined them. As advanced manufacturing moved overseas, America became increasingly dependent on foreign supply chains for the semiconductors that power everything from smartphones and cars to defense technologies and artificial intelligence. Schumer said his bipartisan CHIPS & Science Law was designed to change that by leveling the playing field and giving the communities that once powered the country’s industrial past a real chance to build America’s technological future. “For too long, America watched manufacturing move overseas, weakening our supply chains and leaving Upstate communities behind. That’s why I fought to pass my CHIPS & Science Act into Law with Upstate New York as my north star—because I knew the communities that powered America’s industrial past could be the ones to build its future,” said Senator Schumer. “Four years later, we are seeing the full promise of this law: rebuilding America’s semiconductor industry from the ground up, bringing manufacturing back, strengthening the critical supply chains we depend on, and creating pathways to tens of thousands of good-paying careers for the next generation of Upstate New Yorkers. We’re proving that America can once again make the technologies the world needs and lead the industries of the future—and outcompete China.” Schumer said he crafted the CHIPS & Science Law with Upstate New York as his north star because he believed the state had what America needed to lead the next generation of innovation: renowned research institutions, a deep legacy of advanced manufacturing, water and power infrastructure and sites primed for investment, world-class workers, and communities with generations of experience building the technologies that changed the world. Schumer said Upstate New York has the foundation the United States needs to win a global tech race that the country cannot afford to lose. Schumer said investments spurred by his CHIPS & Science Law are already ushering in an economic renaissance across Upstate New York. In four years, Schumer’s bipartisan legislation has delivered a significant resurgence in cutting-edge research, manufacturing, supply chain investment, and workforce development programs across Upstate New York. “By the end of the decade, it is estimated that one in four U.S.-made chips will be produced within 350 miles of Upstate New York’s Semiconductor Superhighway—more than any other region in the country,” said Schumer. “This will be a stunning manufacturing renaissance in a region that was in a long and seemingly intractable decline, bleeding its population and stymying its potential to contribute to America’s economic preeminence. When Carrier left Syracuse and moved operations to Singapore and China, taking away so many good-paying jobs, I was angry—I still am. But that’s when I knew we needed to stop pining wistfully about the ‘Glory Days’ of years past and make it my mission to rebuild our industrial base and reinvest in the communities that built America. Today, because of my CHIPS and Science Law, Upstate New York is beaming and boasting that the ‘Best is Yet to Come.’ Optimism, confidence, a growing population, home appreciation, and jobs-jobs-jobs. Having a chance to achieve this dream is what the CHIPS and Science Law is all about.” BRINGING AMERICAN MANUFACTURING BACK Schumer said his CHIPS & Science Law is delivering historic investments that are positioning Upstate New York at the center of America’s semiconductor comeback. In Central New York, Micron has broken ground and poured concrete for the first fab of its historic $100+ billion memory chip manufacturing complex, supported by a $6.1 billion CHIPS direct funding award combined with billions more in incentives through the federal semiconductor Investment Tax Credit. The project represents one of the largest private investments in American history and will create tens of thousands of jobs across the region. In the Capital Region, Schumer has secured more than $2 billion in federal CHIPS funding to support GlobalFoundries’ continued growth. Schumer also delivered $1 billion in federal CHIPS R&D funding, combined with an additional $1 billion investment from IBM, to support a next-generation quantum wafer fab at Albany NanoTech and strengthen Upstate New York’s role as a global leader in semiconductor research. Together, GlobalFoundries, IBM, and NY Creates anchor a world-class ecosystem in the Capital Region. These investments are ensuring that the most advanced chip technologies are designed, developed, and manufactured in America. By the end of the decade, it is estimated that one in four U.S.-made chips will be produced within 350 miles of Upstate New York—more than any other region in the country. Schumer said this is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to further solidify Upstate New York’s prominence as a critical hub for the research, development, and manufacturing of these technologies. REBUILDING CRITICAL SUPPLY CHAINS Schumer said the resurgence of domestic manufacturing requires more than just chip factories but also materials, equipment, and other small businesses. Schumer said major investments are fueling new opportunities for other small and mid-sized manufacturers, contractors, and suppliers, helping build a stronger, more secure domestic supply chain. In Western New York, Edwards Vacuum is nearing completion of a first-of-its-kind $300+ million dry pump manufacturing facility, supported by $18 million in CHIPS funding, to produce vacuum technology used in manufacturing next-gen chips. In Central New York, TTM Technologies opened a new advanced printed circuit board manufacturing facility in Onondaga County, made possible by a $30 million federal investment Schumer delivered, which will create 400 good-paying jobs and strengthen domestic semiconductor and defense manufacturing supply chains. In the Southern Tier, Menlo Micro will invest $50 million to build a microchip switch manufacturing facility in Tompkins County, creating 100 new jobs. In the North Country, Corning Incorporated finalized a $32 million agreement supporting a $315 million investment to increase production of specialized glass. Schumer also secured a federal Tech Hub designation created by his CHIPS & Science Law for the Syracuse-Rochester-Buffalo region to become a Semiconductor Superhighway, delivering $40 million in federal investment for workforce training, commercialization, and supply chain initiatives to support the chip industry’s buildout across Upstate New York. To date, $2.1 million has been awarded across the NY SMART I-Corridor helping hundreds of companies support growth in semiconductor supply chains. “The CHIPS and Science Act is giving Upstate New York the opportunity to do what no single community could accomplish alone. By working together with our partners across Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse, we are creating opportunities for local businesses to grow and for people to build good careers in the semiconductor industry. This work is delivering lasting economic change and advancing America’s innovation, security, and economic strength,” said Grant Loomis, President & CEO of the Buffalo Niagara Partnership. BUILDING THE FUTURE WORKFORCE From cleanrooms to classrooms, Schumer’s law has laid the foundation for a stronger workforce by investing in science-based research, institutions of higher education, and workforce programs that prepare people for good-paying technology, construction, and manufacturing jobs across Upstate New York. In July, Schumer announced the University of Rochester-led STELLAR Engine was selected for a $15 million award through the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)’s Regional Innovation Engines Program, created by the CHIPS & Science Law, to supercharge laser technologies' growth across the Rochester-Finger Lakes region. In March, Schumer also announced that Binghamton University-led New Energy New York (NENY) was selected as an awardee for the second phase of the NSF’s Regional Innovation Engines Program, bringing up to $45 million over the next 3 years for Binghamton’s groundbreaking battery hub. This investment builds on Schumer’s extensive legacy of delivering for Binghamton, including a prestigious Tech Hubs designation in 2023 and over $113 million in public investment in 2022, for the Southern Tier to become the next battery tech hub. Schumer said Upstate New York’s semiconductor superhighway and innovation ecosystem will only succeed by training the workers who will build, operate, and sustain these advanced facilities, including engineers, researchers, machinists, welders, electricians, plumbers, and more. In Central New York, according to UA Local 81 assessments, approximately 2,000 plumbers and steamfitters will be required on site daily during the five-year construction period of the Micron facility, demonstrating the unprecedented opportunity for growth the semiconductor boom is creating for Upstate New York’s building and construction trades. Furthermore, IBEW Local 43 recently invested $7 million to expand its training center and apprenticeship pipeline due to the skyrocketing demand for electricians spurred by Micron and other projects across the region. Upstate New Yorkers like Morghan White showcase how the investments fueled by the CHIPS & Science Law are creating new pathways to good-paying careers. After returning to Central New York, Morghan entered an apprenticeship through UA Local 81 and is building a career in the skilled trades. In Western New York, Anthony Cercone, a graduate of the Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering program at Orleans/Niagara BOCES, recently began as a manufacturing engineer at Edwards Vacuum’s new facility. In the Southern Tier, Schumer has supported Ithaca Area Economic Development’s Tompkins Build industry-led pre-apprenticeship program, which connects residents with pathways into registered apprenticeships through partnerships with 10 participating unions. And, at Binghamton University, Schumer secured $1 million in federal funding for a state-of-the-art microelectronics packaging cleanroom that will help train more than 100 students each year for critical microelectronics and semiconductor manufacturing jobs. Together, these stories show the promise Schumer envisioned and delivered: bringing manufacturing back, strengthening critical supply chains, and creating pathways to good-paying jobs for thousands of Upstate New Yorkers. Four years after his bipartisan bill became law, the CHIPS & Science Law is giving Upstate New Yorkers an opportunity to once again build the technologies that will power America’s future—just as they have done for generations. ### | 1 | 2026-08-26T05:33:32Z | 2026-08-26T05:34:56Z |