Microsoft closes land deal for billion-dollar data center construction

[TexasTowelie]

Mount Pleasant officials on Thursday announced Microsoft has closed on the purchase of more than 1,000 additional acres of land to construction billion-dollar data centers in the area.

The tech giant closed on a $63.2 million purchase for 400 acres near Braun Road, revenue department records showed. It also paid $36.4 million for 241 acres on County Highway H.

Microsoft bought both parcels from Mount Pleasant and the land was part of the village’s Tax Incremental District (TID) No. 5, according to officials.

The company also bought 407 acres from Creuziger Farms for $76 million, state records showed.

Read more: https://dailyreporter.com/2023/12/21/microsoft-closes-land-deal-for-billion-dollar-data-center-construction/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Creuziger Farms ... great ... less food, more Big Data

They'll know more about us than we do but food will be scarce and expensive.

Microsoft is part of the Data Analytics Plague

[hauckeye]

2. I live a couple miles from there

Lately there’s been a constant pounding noise as they apparently drive beams into the ground for the foundation .

[sybylla]

3. I hope this is a good deal for the citizens of Mount Pleasant.

They are the ones who suffered the most in the failed Wanker deal.

[Ziggysmom]

4. Governor Evers should be getting kudos for this?

After Walker and the repubes Foxconn deal crapped out?