Biden touts new $3.3 billion Microsoft data center at failed Foxconn site Trump backed

FILE PHOTO: General view as construction continues on the Foxconn manufacturing complex in Mt. Pleasant, Wisconsin, U.S., August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

RACINE, Wisconsin (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday unveiled plans by Microsoft Corp to build a $3.3 billion data center in southeastern Wisconsin, drawing a sharp contrast to his Republican predecessor who had backed a previous $10 billion project at the same site that was significantly scaled back.

Biden, on his fourth visit to Wisconsin this year, said Microsoft's investment would create thousands of jobs in the presidential election battleground state that his campaign sees as critical to his bid for a second term.