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President Joe Biden on Wednesday will announce a new $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center in Racine, Wisconsin, highlighting job boosts and economic gains in key battleground states. is.
important facts
The data center will create 2,300 construction union jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs, according to the White House.
Microsoft is also working with the state-run Gateway College of Technology to train 1,000 employees in data center and STEM roles and 1,000 business leaders to implement AI in their operations. I'm here.
The White House statement highlighted data center projects as part of Biden's “Invest in America” push to mobilize private sector investment to create manufacturing jobs in the semiconductor, clean energy and AI industries. There is.
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The AI data center is being built on “the same land” where former President Donald Trump unveiled a $10 billion Foxconn factory that never materialized, a White House fact sheet about the project said multiple times. is also mentioned. When President Trump announced the plant in 2017, he called it the “eighth wonder of the world” and promised it would create 13,000 jobs. The Taiwanese electronics maker ultimately scaled back its investment to $672 million and pledged to create only 1,454 new jobs. Foxconn is not involved in his Microsoft campus.
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“Six years ago, the previous administration touted a $10 billion investment by Foxconn that would create 13,000 manufacturing jobs in Racine. “After being bulldozed and more than $500 million of taxpayer dollars invested in site preparation, such investments never materialized,” the White House said.
What to watch out for
Mr. Biden is also scheduled to attend a campaign event in Racine later Wednesday, where he will address Black voters and say, “The stakes of this election and the work that will be done for the Black community under Mr. Biden's leadership.'' “We will discuss important developments,” the campaign said.
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Trump has promised to bring a manufacturing boom to this Wisconsin town. It never arrived. (Washington Post)
Biden to meet with Black voters during Wednesday visit to Wisconsin (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)