Gov. Tony Evers on May 8 welcomed President Joe Biden back to Wisconsin to join Microsoft officials in celebrating Microsoft’s investment of $3.3 billion between now and the end of 2026 to expand its national cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure capacity through the development of a state-of-the-art datacenter campus in the Village of Mount Pleasant in Racine County.
Foxconn Technology Group announced in 2019 the purchase of a six-story office building at 1 W. Main St. on Capitol Square.
STEVE APPS, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
Walker Foxconn
Gov. Scott Walker and President Donald Trump participate in a Foxconn groundbreaking ceremony in June in Mount Pleasant.
EVAN VUCCI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Trump visits Foxconn
President Donald Trump talks with a Foxconn employee during a tour of the facility in June 2018.
EVAN VUCCI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Trump visits Foxconn
President Donald Trump, flanked by Gov. Scott Walker, left, and Foxconn Technology Group CEO Terry Gou, right, tosses dirt during a ceremonial groundbreaking of the Foxconn facility in Mount Pleasant in 2018.
EVAN VUCCI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
Foxconn Assembly
Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou, left, and Gov. Scott Walker are shown in this July 2017 photo touting Foxconn's plan to build a display panel plant in Wisconsin.
MIKE DE SISTI, MILWAUKEE JOURNAL-SENTINEL
Trump visits Foxconn
President Donald Trump participated in a groundbreaking ceremony in June 2018 for the Wisconn Valley campus in Mount Pleasant.
MATTHEW DeFOUR, STATE JOURNAL
Foxconn Development
Crews work in June 2020 on the Highway 11 construction project just east of Highway H in Sturtevant. The work is part of the Wisconn Valley development roads project, spurred by the Foxconn development.
PETE WICKLUND,
Foxconn groundbreaking
Workers at a Foxconn facility in Mount Pleasant were already producing 1,000 flat screens per day in June 2018.
