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Foxconn (from 12) meant to be Foxconn’s Data Center, CO-
VID-19 struck, and so did elections that
November.
April 2021, Foxconn said it would reduce
its planned $10 billion investment in the Wisconsin’s Republic establishment, led by
facility that was to provide 13,000 jobs to
$672 million with the likely creation of just Gov. Scott Walker who had been Trump’s
point man on the Foxconn project, lost the
1,454 jobs.
general election to Democrat Tony Evers.
In 2019,even before the Foxconn buildings Special privileges
were completed, Reuters reported (Jan.
30, 2019) that Foxconn was “reconside- Walker, after earlier winning a recall cam-
paign against him, had been preparing for
ring” its initial plans to manufacture LCD a third term. He was still popular enough
screens in Wisconsin, citing the high labor to win the recall, but Wisconsin voters
costs there.
were of a mind to change parties.
As for the 13,000 workers: Foxconn said Under Wisconsin’s heavily Republic Con-
it was more likely to hire mostly engineers gress, Foxconn had been accorded special
and researchers, not the massive number privileges within the state’s legal system.
of blue collar workers expected earlier.
Walker also put $90 million in local road
funding for the Foxconn factory. In addi-
In 2020, as Foxconn construction continu- tion, the state spent $252 million to widen
ed, including the large dome-like spheroid next page
Microsoft’s data center under construction in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. (Microsoft)
