Governor Cuomo Announces $1 Billion Public-Private Partnership with Cree at the Marcy Nanocenter by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo published on 2019-09-23T20:46:02Z September 23, 2019 – Utica, NY - Governor Cuomo announces a major public-private partnership between the State of New York and Cree, Inc., the global leader in silicon carbide technology, to invest approximately $1 billion over six years to construct and equip a new, state-of-the-art, highly-automated world's-first, 200mm silicon carbide wafer fabrication facility.