Illustration and headline: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1/9/2025
Key phrase is highlighted at the end of the excerpt.
Microsoft's data center investment in Wisconsin is one of the largest in the world, according to the company.
“We are following through on the promises we’ve made to Wisconsin – to invest, build, create jobs, and support broader innovation and worker training, especially for the state’s manufacturing sector," said Microsoft President Brad Smith in an email to the Journal Sentinel.
"We appreciate that this growth also requires a lot of electricity, and we’re committed to paying our own way to add more electricity to the grid, with a priority on carbon-free energy," Smith said.
Microsoft's pledge to spend billions on the Mount Pleasant data center spelled a comeback story for a business park where tech giant Foxconn had once said it would create 13,000 jobs but fell far short of that goal.
Last May, President Joe Biden joined Microsoft President Brad Smith and Gov. Tony Evers at Gateway Technical College to announce an expansion of the data center and Microsoft’s plans to add about 2,000 permanent jobs over time.
"Over time" is not specified. Weeks? Months? Years? Decades?
Stay tuned!
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