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    Microsoft to build $1 billion data center on Wisconsin site once set aside for failed Foxconn deal

    by Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune May 04, 2023 3 minutes
    Christopher Tank Murdock, the first Wisconsin Foxconn employee, from left, former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, former President Donald Trump, former Foxconn Chair Terry Gou and former House Speaker Paul Ryan at a groundbreaking for the Foxconn plant on June 28, 2018, in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The company later downsized its plans and created few jobs.

    Microsoft Corp. plans to develop a $1 billion data center campus in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, a village near the Illinois border. The internet giant will pay $50 million for a slice of land left empty for years after a high-tech factory meant to transform the region’s economy was not built.

    Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group forged an agreement in 2017 with former Gov. Scott Walker to manufacture LCD screens in Mount Pleasant, investing $10 billion

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