Microsoft is buying the land for $50 million and will invest $1 billion total to build a data center in southeastern Wisconsin.
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Last week, the village board of Mount Pleasant voted to allow Microsoft to build a data center on land previously cleared for the Foxconn LCD fab that never arrived. Microsoft will buy the land for $50 million, some of which will be used to reimburse Foxconn for releasing its rights to the land. It does not appear that Foxconn will play any part in operating the data center itself.
Foxconn spokesperson Rusty Schultz declined to comment on the record, instead pointing to an unattributed statementMicrosoft will be eligible for $5 million in tax credits per year Microsoft president and chief legal officer Brad Smith is from Appleton, Wisconsin, and the company has significant investments in the state, most notably in the Titletown Tech project in Green Bay. But the company is tight-lipped about its plans in Mount Pleasant. “Our data center campus investment plans with the Village of Mount Pleasant and Racine County are part of Microsoft’s long-term commitment to the local communities in Wisconsin.
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