President Biden champions new Microsoft artificial intelligence investment in Wisconsin

The president will appear in Racine, Wis., at the site of the failed Foxconn manufacturing campus, to announce Microsoft’s $3.3 billion investment in data centers to fuel its ambitions to build powerful AI systems, according to the White House. The investment is expected to create 2,000 permanent jobs and 2,300 temporary union construction jobs, and the company says it will also invest in workforce training programs in the state.