NY board oks spending $685 million at Nano Utica for ams, GE projects
The 253,000 sq. ft. Quad-C facility, which will include 56,000 sq. ft. of Class 100 and Class 1000 capable cleanroom space, will host phase one public-private partnerships as part of Governor Cuomo's $1.5 billion Nano Utica initiative, highlighted by a consortium spearheaded by CNSE and SUNYIT that includes leading technology companies such as Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions Incorporated (ANS), SEMATECH, Atotech and CNSE partners, including IBM, Lam Research and Tokyo Electron. With an annual operating budget to exceed $500 million, Nano Utica will result in the creation of 1,500 high-tech jobs, groundbreaking academic programs, and cutting-edge workforce training opportunities.
New Jobs & Investment
- Nano Utica will create more than 1,500 new jobs with an average annual salary of $91,000, and an estimated annual payroll of more than $136 million once full-scale production is achieved
- The total capital budget for the first phase of Nano Utica, Quad-C, is estimated at approximately $125 million for the facility, with a total investment of $500 million in tenant tools and materials.
Facility Design
- Fabrication Building (FAB): 4-component structure with a multi-level 56,000 square-foot cleanroom featuring a unique stacked design
- Central Utility Building (CUB): Three-story, 106 foot structure containing support utilities for the cleanroom facility
- Auditorium: Large-tiered, 84-seat meeting, exhibit, and presentation area, including state-of-the-art web conferencing capabilities for global collaboration
- Integrated and Collaborative Office and Laboratory space
Footage
- Fab: 65,131 square feet (plus 60,354 square feet of interstitial)
- CUB: 51,746 square feet
- Collaborative Office and Lab Space: 73,033 square feet
- Auditorium: 2,791 square feet
- Total building square footage: 253,055 square feet
- Site: 12.5 acres
Construction Materials
- 102,000 cubic yards of soil moved (exported 38,000 cubic yards off site)
- 8,400 cubic yards of concrete (1,600 cubic yards in Fab foundation)
- 2,300 tons of structural steel