GlobalFoundries receives $1.5 billion from CHIPS and Science Act to build new semiconductor facility and upgrade 2 existing sites

The new 300 mm fabrication facility will be located in Malta, New York and is engineered to produce technologies not currently available in the U.S.

The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced plans to provide $1.5 billion in direct funding to GlobalFoundries (GF). The two organizations signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms (PMT) with the hopes of strengthening the supply of domestic legacy chips. The funding, made available by the CHIPS and Science Act, will be used to open a new facility and improve existing manufacturing operations in New York and Vermont.

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Alexis Gajewski

Alexis Gajewski

Senior Content Strategist

Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.

During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry. 

Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.

She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.

Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.

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