President Biden will travel to Wisconsin on Wednesday, where he will try to draw a contrast between a major Microsoft investment in the state and Foxconn’s investment in the area that never materialized during the Trump administration.
Biden will come to Racine to announce a $3.3 billion investment from Microsoft to build a new artificial intelligence data center in the area. The project is expected to create 2,300 union construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs over time, the White House said.
The data center will be built on the same land where electronics giant Foxconn announced in 2017 that it planned to invest $10 billion in a facility that would create thousands of jobs. The Foxconn project was hailed as a major victory for the Trump administration at the time, but it never materialized as promised.
Microsoft purchased the land in April 2023 for $50 million.
Biden will use Microsoft’s announcement on Wednesday to highlight how his administration has focused on boosting domestic manufacturing and associated jobs. Biden visited Syracuse, NY, and Arizona in recent weeks to promote investments by Micron and Intel, respectively.
Additionally, Biden will meet with Black voters during a separate campaign stop in Wisconsin. The campaign said Wednesday’s event will be the first in a series of engagements throughout May aimed at deepening outreach with groups that are essential to Biden’s coalition.
The Biden campaign will also launch a $14 million paid media effort in swing states, focusing on reaching Black, Hispanic and Asian American voters.
Wednesday’s visit to Wisconsin will be Biden’s fourth this year, underlining its electoral importance. Biden won the state in 2020 by fewer than 21,000 votes, and polls show another close race in the Badger State in November between Biden and former President Trump.
An average of Decision Desk HQ polls in Wisconsin shows Trump leading Biden by 3 percentage points.
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