Microsoft is planning a major expansion of its data center presence in Wisconsin, committing an additional $4 billion over the next three years, starting in late 2025. This investment will fund a second data center in the state, designed to be of similar size and scale to the existing Fairwater facility.
To support its growing footprint, Microsoft completed the purchase of an additional 1,000 acres for its Mount Pleasant data center campus in Racine County. The complex land acquisition totaled over $175 million across three primary deals:
A significant portion of the land Microsoft acquired was previously owned by Foxconn, which purchased the parcel in 2017 with the intention of developing a manufacturing facility projected to create 10,000 jobs in the area. Ultimately, Foxconn only delivered 1,454 jobs to the region before the land was transferred for the data center project.
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The Wisconsin facility was first announced in March 2023 and is set on a 315-acre parcel.
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Microsoft bought 50.4 acres, at 4912 90th St., from Lake Forest, Illinois-based Espy Farms LLC for $14.3 million.
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With more global regions than any other cloud provider, Azure gives customers the flexibility to deploy applications where they need to. Azure is generally available in 46 regions around the world, with plans announced for 8 additional regions.
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Geographies allow customers with specific data-residency and compliance needs to keep their data and applications close. Geographies are fault-tolerant to withstand complete region failure through their connection to our dedicated high-capacity networking infrastructure.
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