Clay, N.Y. – Fresh from buying 1,400 acres of land for a massive chip fab planned by Micron Technology, Onondaga County is about to buy nearly 100 acres right across the street for semiconductor supply chain companies.

The Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency voted 6-0 earlier this month to authorize the purchase of six properties, including three homes, directly across Route 31 from where Micron plans to break ground later this year on a $100 billion semiconductor fabrication complex.

The properties are among the first the county is assembling for its White Pine Science & Technology Park at the southeast corner of Route 31 and Caughdenoy Road.

Micron has said its chip fab will create 9,000 jobs over the next 20 years. Its plant will be built at the northeast corner of Route 31 and Caughdenoy Road, in the county’s White Pine Commerce Park.

But in addition, the company has said the development will lead to the creation of 40,000 other jobs at supply chain and other companies that want to be close to the semiconductor complex.

Onondaga County Executive Ryan McMahon is eager to acquire land to attract those supply chain and other Micron-related companies and the jobs they would bring.

The new additions to the park the county is developing for supply chain companies total 99 acres. They consist of three parcels of vacant farmland along Stearns Road, and homes at 8554 Caughdenoy Road, 8538 Caughdenoy Road and 5236 State Route 31.

Members of the development agency discussed purchase agreements negotiated with the property owners in executive session before authorizing its executive director, Robert Petrovich, to proceed with the purchases.

The agency has not disclosed how much it has agreed to pay for the six properties, but that information will be made public once the sales close.

This is the second round of land purchases the development agency has made for the supply chain park. Two years ago, it spent $2.1 million to buy 105 acres of land for the park.

The county demolished a home at the southeast corner of Route 31 and Caughdenoy Road last week to make way for construction of a sewer pumping station that will serve the Micron-driven development that is expected to occur in the area.

The development agency has already spent or obligated $45 million on the Micron site and the nearby supply chain park.

And its land purchases are by no means done. The agency is seeking a $27 million loan from the county to continue funding site acquisitions not just near the Micron project, but also elsewhere in the county as part of McMahon’s drive to recruit semiconductor-related companies.

Among the land county officials are eyeing is a 500-acre parcel in Van Buren that has been held for decades by the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency as a potential location for a landfill.