Editing Albany, New York (section)

===Tech Valley===
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[[File:SUNY Nanotech Center.jpg|thumb|[[University at Albany|SUNY]] [[State University of New York Polytechnic Institute|Polytechnic Institute's]] [[College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering]] embodies Albany's emerging [[high-tech]] industry.<ref name="TUKarlin" />|alt=A round white building with dark blue windows, three stories tall.]]
Since the 2000s, the economy of Albany and the surrounding Capital District has been directed toward [[high-tech|high technology]], a growing fourth sector of the area's economic base. [[Tech Valley]] is a marketing name for the eastern part of New York State, encompassing Albany, the Capital District, and the [[Hudson Valley]].<ref name="Chambercoalition">{{cite web|title=About Tech Valley |publisher=Tech Valley Chamber Coalition |access-date=October 27, 2015 |url=http://techvalley.org/Pages/Live/About%20Tech%20Valley.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103032600/http://www.techvalley.org/Pages/Live/About%20Tech%20Valley.html |archive-date=November 3, 2008 }}</ref> Originated in 1998 to promote the greater Albany area as a high-tech competitor to regions such as [[Silicon Valley]] and [[Boston]], it has since grown to represent the counties in the Capital District and extending to 19 counties from [[IBM]]'s [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] plants in the south to the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]] in the north.

The area's [[entrepreneurial ecosystem|high technology ecosystem]] is supported by technologically focused academic institutions including [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] and the [[State University of New York Polytechnic Institute]].<ref name="MadeInAlbany">{{cite news |last=Rulison |first=Larry |url=http://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Made-in-Albany-IBM-reveals-breakthrough-chip-6376816.php |title=Made in Albany: IBM reveals breakthrough chip made at SUNY Poly |newspaper=Albany Times-Union |date=July 10, 2015 |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> Tech Valley encompasses 19 counties straddling both sides of the [[Adirondack Northway]] and the [[New York Thruway]],<ref name="Chambercoalition" /> and with heavy [[subsidy|state taxpayer subsidy]], has experienced significant growth in the computer hardware side of the high-technology industry,<ref name="TUKarlin" /> with great strides in the [[nanotechnology]] sector, [[digital electronics]] design, and water- and electricity-dependent [[integrated circuit|integrated microchip circuit]] manufacturing.<ref>{{cite news |last=Clukey |first=Keshia |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/print-edition/2014/06/27/better-than-advertised-hip-plant-beats.html |title=Better than advertised: Chip plant beats expectations |newspaper=Albany Business Review |date=June 27, 2014 |access-date=October 27, 2015}}</ref> A notable video game development cluster has grown in and around Albany starting in the 2010s.<ref>{{cite news |title=CEG study shows growing clout of local video game cluster |last=Rulison |first=Larry |publisher=Hearst Media |work=Times Union (Albany) |date=January 13, 2022 |accessdate=February 18, 2023 |url=https://www.timesunion.com/business/article/CEG-study-shows-growing-clout-of-local-video-game-16773081.php}}</ref>