Microsoft plans $3.3B AI investment in Wisconsin, WSJ reports

Microsoft plans to invest $3.3B on to build a new AI data center in Wisconsin as well as training programs to educate locals about AI jobs in manufacturing, The Wall Street Journal’s Tom Dotan reports. The new site will initially create 2,300 construction jobs and eventually as many as 2,000 data center jobs, according to the report. “We have a huge responsibility to help ensure this technology serves people,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in an interview. “Part of that is ensuring that it works safely and remains under human control. But another part of it is really supporting and aiding the transition of the economy.”