Why NY?
Perhaps they will compete with Corning for the Silica.
Don’t be surprised if Musk’s lightbulb lights up and voila...a Fab in Texas would make more sense.
NY has pretty good tax incentives on the company side for relocating there. They just stick it to the workers with property taxes and income taxes to make up the difference.
NY has also been trying to get Chip technology companies to relocate in the state for years. They have a number of public/private partnerships to do just that. Global Foundries has a number of chip making plants they took over from IBM in the state.
It's funny that in a high tax state they think nothing of providing almost tax free status for a corporation to relocate to their state, but heaven forbid that you should lower taxes so your citizens could enjoy a better lifestyle.