Biden to unveil $3.3 billion Microsoft AI investment in battleground Wisconsin
Source: Reuters
May 8, 2024 8:55 AM EDT Updated an hour ago
WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will visit the political battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday to announce plans by Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) to build a $3.3 billion high-tech data center that will create thousands of jobs, the White House said.
The Microsoft facility in Racine County, in southeastern Wisconsin, will be built on the same land where Taiwan electronics manufacturer Foxconn had planned to build a $10 billion factory that former President Donald Trump once called "the eighth wonder of the world," before Foxconn drastically scaled back its plans.
Microsoft's plans will result in 2,300 union construction jobs and around 2,000 permanent jobs over time, the White House said. It said nearly 4,000 jobs had been added in Racine since Biden took office, while about 1,000 manufacturing jobs were lost during the Trump administration.
Microsoft will partner with Gateway Technical College to train 1,000 people for data center and other roles by 2030, and will work to train 1,000 business leaders to adopt AI in their operations, the White House added. "Together, these investments will position the industrial heartland to lead the way in industries of the future," it said. Biden, a Democrat, will also use his fourth trip this year to Wisconsin - one of seven swing states critical to his 2024 reelection bid - to meet with volunteers in Racine's Black community, his campaign said in a separate statement.
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-unveil-33-billion-microsoft-ai-investment-battleground-wisconsin-2024-05-08/
Link to White House FACT SHEET - Fact Sheet: President Biden to Highlight $3.3 Billion Investment in Racine, Wisconsin, and How His Investing in America Agenda is Driving Economic Comebacks in Communities Across the Country
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and like magic - *poof* it went! 
If he's not in jail by election time, it would be fun to highlight his failed promises in campaign videos. 
Won't developing more AI eventually take over the humans in those same jobs that are being created now?
or am I missing the big picture?
I.e., slapping a cute name "AI" onto it.
I saw an article yesterday that mentioned this guy (from over 20 years ago) -
I expect it has a place but it's not at the stage of AI-enabled articulating robots replacing every blue collar job yet.
Oh, okay, I get your point, it has been around for decades already.
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