Foxconn’s promise to invest $10 billion in Wisconsin is now a distant memory | It’s now selling two mostly empty buildings in the state.::Foxconn is selling two buildings in Wisconsin, which have remained mostly empty since they were originally purchased for its plans to bring production to the US…

  • abhibeckert@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Didn’t Michigan win?

    “total costs for taxpayers and ratepayers to build the manufacturing campus to $683 million… with more costs likely to come.”

    That doesn’t sound like winning. The state spent a fortune up front on surrounding infrastructure that was needed before Foxconn could start operating, and they never started operating.