Metroplex awarded $6M for GE Vernova Niskayuna site improvements

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NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (NEWS10)– The Schenectady County Metroplex Development Authority has been awarded $6 million toward a GE Vernova’s redevelopment project in Niskayuna. According to Metroplex, the money was awarded through the Empire State Development’s Focused Attraction of Shovel-Ready Tracts New York (FAST NY) program.

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According to the FAST NY program, the money will be used to make upgrades to water supply, stormwater management and buildout a campus connector road on 194 acres of land, creating an advanced R&D hub for energy technologies.

“The Fast NY funding announced today will help us make infrastructure improvements at the site needed to make this expansion possible and create a center of excellence for the most advanced work in energy technologies needed to power the world,” Ray Gillen, chair of the Schenectady County Metroplex Development Authority said…

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