Malta, N.Y.
Globalfoundries is constructing the $4.2 billion Fab 2 in Malta, N.Y. Sited on 223 acres in the Luther Forest Technology Park, the 1.45 million-sf project is comprised of four buildings. Featuring a 300,000-sf Class 100 cleanroom, the chip manufacturing campus will employ over 1,400 people. Construction of Fab 2 will reach completion in 2011 with production commencing in 2012. M+W Zander is providing full architectural, engineering, and construction management services for the project. The construction cost of the facility is $814 million; the cost of instrumentation for the complex is estimated at $3.4 billion. Ground was broken on the facility in June of 2009.
