Microsoft to Build World's Most Powerful AI Data Center at Former Foxconn Wisconsin Site
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Terrence O’Brien
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Summary
Microsoft is investing $3.3 billion to convert Foxconn's abandoned Wisconsin LCD factory site into what it claims will be the 'world's most powerful' AI data center, scheduled to open in early 2026. The massive 1.2 million square foot facility will house hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GB200 GPUs and extensive fiber infrastructure across three buildings on 315 acres of land.
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· 3 pulled"world's most powerful" AI data center
"hundreds of thousands" of Nvidia's GB200 GPUs
"connected by enough fiber to circle the Earth 4.5 times"
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