What to know about the new AI data center in Wisconsin WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. — President Joe Biden is set to announce on Wednesday a $3 billion investment by tech giant Microsoft to build an artificial intelligence data center in southeast Wisconsin.

The sprawling facility will be located on the same plot of land where, in 2018, former President Donald Trump announced a multi-billion dollar investment by Taiwanese company Foxconn that largely failed to materialize.

The project sits at the convergence of several key Biden administration goals: upgrading U.S. infrastructure, rejuvenating domestic manufacturing and stewarding the responsible development of AI.

Here’s what to know about the economic impact of the project, the significance of the location and why Microsoft is building a data center in the first place.

What’s the expected economic impact of the data center?The data center in the midsize city of Racine, Wisconsin, is expected to create 2,300 construction jobs and an additional 2,000 permanent jobs at the facility, the White House said in a press …