NY Creates, headquartered in Albany, New York, operates as a non-profit research and development hub dedicated to the semiconductor manufacturing industry. The organization facilitates commercialization by connecting researchers from industry, academia, and national laboratories with state-of-the-art resources across upstate New York. Its work supports the full lifecycle of technology development, ranging from initial ideation and incubation to investment phases, fostering partnerships that drive high-tech innovation.
The entity manages the Albany NanoTech Complex, a 300mm wafer fab facility that has attracted over $25 billion in capital investment from government and commercial partners over nearly three decades. This site stands as the most advanced non-profit semiconductor research and development facility in the Western Hemisphere. Complementary operations include a Test, Assembly and Packaging facility in Rochester, NY, which serves clients on electronic and photonic device packaging for applications such as quantum computing.
NY Creates supports a workforce of more than 2,700 industry experts, researchers, and staff while managing total public and private investments exceeding $25 billion. Its infrastructure and partnerships have helped establish major technology centers in the region, including facilities for IBM, TEL Technology Center, Applied Materials, and GlobalFoundries. The organization focuses on catalyzing next-generation technologies and creating economic advancement opportunities to generate future employment within the state.
