President Biden will travel to Racine County, Wisconsin, on Wednesday to unveil a $3.3 billion investment by Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center, according to Biden officials.
It's another high-profile announcement from the president on how he's helping to create jobs with private sector investment — but with a twist.
He'll be taking a not-so-subtle shot at former President Trump in the same location where Trump touted a $10 billion Foxconn facility, which he called the "eighth wonder of the world" seven years ago.
That facility was scaled back and never fully materialized.
Driving the news: The White House is inviting voters in the crucial swing state to make a direct comparison between the Microsoft and Foxconn deals.
The message it wants to drive home is clear: Trump promised jobs that were never delivered.Biden officials say the Microsoft project will lead to 2,300 union construction jobs, followed by 2,000 permanent jobs in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.
Microsoft has said it will partner with Gateway Technical College to develop an academy that hopes to train 1,000 Wisconsinites for data center jobs.
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Wow 150 jobs to Wisconsin thanks Biden!
@SteadfastPonieGreen2yrs2Y
What? Microsoft getting US tax money?
@JoyfulGr4ssrootMountain2yrs2Y
This needs to be investigated. AI is not the future that people want. It’s being forced for some reason
@SteadfastV3toSocialist2yrs2Y
Microsoft, a company whose 2023 financials reported $211B in revenue, $88B in operating income & $86.18B in net income needs US taxpayer money?
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How important is it for a leader to follow through with their economic promises, and how does it shape your view of their leadership?
@9M9CXDF2yrs2Y
Biden has neither the true intention nor the means to make such promises happen.
@DecimalWeaverRepublican2yrs2Y
What does Biden have to do with Microsoft except for the fact that they could have made a 4 billion investment if they didn’t have to pay business income taxes
@ResilientLynxForward2yrs2Y
One of the ironies of an electoral college is that you get otherwise bizarre headlines like this. In no other world, is there a multi billion dollar tech investment in Wisconsin.
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