GlobalFoundries Fab 8
Large load · 400 STONE BREAK RD EXT, Malta, NY
GlobalFoundries Fab 8 in Malta, Saratoga County, New York has made chips since 2009 and produces about 400,000 wafers a year. Its grid supply is anchored by the New York Power Authority: 15 MW of ReCharge NY power described as already supplied in February 2024, and a 15 MW ReCharge NY allocation plus a 90 MW block of High Load Factor power approved by the NYPA board in March 2024 for the $11.6 billion expansion. A second round of growth was announced in October 2026, when GlobalFoundries was selected to operate two more fabs on the Malta campus.
Overview
- Contracted demand
- 15 MW
- operating
- Contracted demand
- 90 MW
- planned
In February 2024 New York announced that NYPA already supplied GlobalFoundries with 15 MW of low-cost ReCharge NY power. On March 26, 2024 the NYPA board approved a 15 MW ReCharge NY allocation to GlobalFoundries to expand Fab 8 and build a new 358,000-square-foot fab on the Malta campus, and approved an additional 90 MW of High Load Factor power that NYPA will procure on the energy market. The expansion package also included $30 million in planned funding for state infrastructure upgrades and energy incentives provided by NYPA.
Profile
- Substation and grid delivery
- The Fab 8 complex is fed by a dedicated substation. Crompton Greaves (CG) designed and installed the original transmission lines and substation during construction in 2009-10 and later added a substation expansion with two 45/75 MVA power transformers for the Fab 8 complex, completed in 2014. In February 2024 the New York ISO flagged a Times Union report that questions remained about the ability of the state's electrical grid to meet the needs of another high-demand project alongside the Fab 8 expansion.
- Expansion
- GlobalFoundries announced an $11.6 billion expansion of its Malta site in February 2024, covering the existing Fab 8 and a new fab, and said Fab 8 produces 400,000 wafers each year. On October 14, 2026 the company said it had been selected as technology provider and operator for two new fabs at the Malta site under a U.S.-Japan initiative providing up to $21 billion in funding.
Facility
- Activity
- Semiconductor wafer fabrication (integrated circuits)
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Grid connections
- Utility
- New York Power Authority (ReCharge NY hydropower allocation)Reported
- Market
- NYISOSite location
- Nearest substations
- Unnamed substation115 kV420 m
- Unnamed substation
Related records
Timeline
- Apr 2, 2014
- Substation expansion with two 45/75 MVA transformers completed for Fab 8
CG upgrades substation at GlobalFoundries’ Fab Malta – Transformer Magazine
- Feb 19, 2024
- New York announces $11.6 billion expansion; NYPA supplies 15 MW of ReCharge NY power
GlobalFoundries Expands Malta, New York, Operations - Area Development
- Mar 26, 2024
- NYPA board approves 15 MW ReCharge NY allocation and 90 MW High Load Factor block
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- Oct 14, 2026