Microsoft is investing billions into another major US AI data center — and its location is a slap in the face to Apple

Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, once set to become the future home of Foxconn’s LCD manufacturing plant, has finally been given a new lease of life as the new home of a major Microsoft AI facility.

Microsoft has announced plans to invest $3.3 billion into constructing a new data center campus in the area, which it will use to fuel the ever-increasing and insatiable needs of cloud computing and artificial intelligence.

In a separate White House announcement, the Biden Administration slammed President Trump’s failure to “invest in places that have been historically overlooked or failed” – a swipe at plans for a Foxconn LCD center which fell through six years ago.

Microsoft building $3.3bn data center on failed Foxconn territory

The development will create 2,300 union construction jobs and a further 2,000 permanent jobs, marking the center’s vast impact on the local economy. The multi-billion dollar ...