Capital Region
“Over $15 Billion Invested and Growing”
World Class Research & Development
• University at Albany ranked #1 in the world for micro
and nanotechnology (Small Times Magazine)
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Home to world’s
most powerful University based Supercomputer
• GE Global Research Headquarters
• Highly Skilled, Available Workforce
• Capital Region ranked #1 in Brainpower of 100 Top
Metros (bizjournals)
• Training and Education Center: Semiconductor
Manufacturing and Alternative and Renewable
Technologies (TEC-SMART)
• Gates Foundation supported High Tech High School
• Well-built Infrastructure
• Center of world’s richest marketplace and under
3 hours drive to New York City, Boston & Montreal
• $500 Million upgrade to Albany International Airport –
One of Best Small Airports in Northeast (Forbes)
• Shovel/Tech Ready Sites
• Capital Region named among top places to locate
a company (Expansion Management)
• Saratoga Technology + Energy Park (STEP), Arsenal
Business & Technology Partnership, Luther Forest
Technology Campus, Queensbury Industrial Park,
Tech Meadows at Glens Falls, Rensselaer Technology
Park & Vista Technology Campus
• Lucrative Incentives
• NY’s Capital Region is globally competitive. “AMD/
GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ plan for a $4.5 Billion leading
edge manufacturing facility represents the largest
industrial investment ever made in New York”
• Outstanding Quality of Life
• Capital Region Area Among Top Places for Careers (Forbes)
• Award winning K-12 school system
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Mohawk Valley EDGE
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Center for Economic Growth
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NYSERDA
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Hudson Valley Economic Development Corporation
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National Grid
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