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Monday, October 23rd, 2023 8:50am

Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse were lumped together and have won the chance to become a huge tech hub for the U.S. 

The B.R.S. region have been granted the opportunity by CHIPS and Science Act to possibly get Billions in funding for manufacturing semiconductors. They join 31 other regions all over the country to compete for the chance to become a huge player in the semiconductor world.

Senator Chuck Shumer said in a statement - 

“Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse are officially on the road to becoming America’s semiconductor superhighway. I created this program with Upstate NY in mind, and now three of our own cities that helped build America, have not only won the exclusive federal Tech Hub designation for semiconductors, but also won a once-in-a-generation opportunity to write a new chapter for Upstate NY building our nation’s future. This 3 region Tech Hub will hit the gas on NY’s booming chips industry by attracting new companies, training our workforce for tens of thousands of good-paying jobs, and bringing manufacturing in this critical industry back from overseas to right here in Upstate NY,” said Sen. Schumer. “I pulled out all the stops to land this Tech Hub Designation for my great home state – making the case that bringing together these three cities and giving them the resources to combine forces would create an unstoppable engine that will rev the region’s industries to life and make Upstate NY a global center for semiconductors. With this Tech Hubs Designation highlighting the region as one of only a few in the country primed to be the next Silicon Valley in critical technology, combined with federal funding now flooding this triple-threat region, America’s semiconductor manufacturing industry truly couldn’t be in better hands.”

Shumer said that the B.R.S. region beat out hundreds of other regions for this tech hub designation.

On a personal note here, 

While I have no idea what semiconductors do or what they're used for, I think it's pretty amazing that our friends out in Western New York have a chance to play a huge part in our Country's future. 

If you happen to have no idea what semiconductors do, like me. You can check out this quick video which explains exactly what they do.

Feature photo: Reuters