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Microsoft just paid $76M for a Wisconsin pumpkin farm
- xt00 3y agoFor those wondering: this is here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/42%C2%B041'08.5%22N+87%C2%B056'02.7%22W/@42.6856944,-87.9340833,745m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d42.6856944!4d-87.9340833?entry=ttu https://www.google.com/maps/place/42%C2%B041'08.5%22N+87%C2%... and the land is located adjacent to the land that microsoft took over to build a huge datacenter in the previous location where Foxconn was going to build a giant LCD factory (or at least said they were going to but never did). So the value of this mostly comes from the fact that it is adjacent to an already huge chunk of land that Microsoft owns. Also likely Microsoft is getting some tax breaks for this.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoGood place to put more GPUs, and nice something came out of the Foxconn scam.
- grouchomarx 3y agotangentially this episode of Reply All about Foxconn and their plans in Mount Pleasant was one of their best https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/wbhjwd https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/wbhjwd