Microsoft buys Wisconsin land; plans $1 billion data center
- Microsoft's project was approved in Racine, Wisconsin
- The company will spend $50 million for 315 acres in Mount Pleasant.
- Microsoft plans to build a $1 billion data center on the site.
- The company must begin construction within the next five years and complete it over the following 15 years.
- <s>The project will be located near a Foxconn production facility.