MALTA, N.Y.
Globalfoundries, a subsidiary of Advanced Micro Devices, will break ground in summer of 2009 on a $4.5 billion chip manufacturing plant in Malta, N.Y. The 1.3 million-sf Fab4X will be located on 223 acres in the Luther Forest Technology Park and is expected to begin production in 2012. The project will include 300,000-sf of cleanroom facilities and will employ over 1,400 people.