Microsoft to invest $4B in 2nd Mount Pleasant datacenter

Gov. Tony Evers and Microsoft officials on Thursday announced that Microsoft is investing an additional $4 billion to expand its planned datacenter campus in Mount Pleasant, raising the company’s total investment in Wisconsin to more than $7 billion.

Last May, Microsoft confirmed that it would invest $3.3 billion by the end of 2026 in the Mount Pleasant datacenter, bringing thousands of union construction jobs to the area, as well as providing long-term employment opportunities over the next several years. 

The company is on track to complete construction and bring this first artificial intelligence datacenter online in early 2026, and it has begun hiring full-time workers for the operation.

According to Microsoft officials, the company has also committed to building a second datacenter, which will be similar in size and scale and in the same area at a cost of approximately $4 billion by the end of 2028...

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RSK: Good for temporary jobs. Wonder how the center will affect the electric rates in the area. Supposedly, it will be the most powerful AI center to date...that means a lot of electricity to power it.