The Capital Region of New York state is quickly becoming known as a leader in innovative and renewable technology. Many towns within the district's Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer and Saratoga counties are helping to drive New York's thriving tech economy forward by attracting the attention of major international companies. No town in the Capital Region exemplifies this changing dynamic more so than Malta, home to a major semiconductor plant owned by computer circuitry giant Global Foundries, Inc.