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TexasTowelie

(117,207 posts) Sun Dec 24, 2023, 07:13 AM Dec 2023

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Microsoft closes land deal for billion-dollar data center construction

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/

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Microsoft closes land deal for billion-dollar data center construction (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2023 OP

Creuziger Farms ... great ... less food, more Big Data bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #1

I live a couple miles from there hauckeye Dec 2023 #2

I hope this is a good deal for the citizens of Mount Pleasant. sybylla Dec 2023 #3

Governor Evers should be getting kudos for this? Ziggysmom Dec 2023 #4

bucolic_frolic

(47,302 posts)

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

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Dec 24, 2023, 07:38 AM

Dec 2023

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

(725 posts)

2. I live a couple miles from there

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Dec 24, 2023, 08:46 AM

Dec 2023

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

sybylla

(8,655 posts)

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

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Dec 24, 2023, 05:06 PM

Dec 2023

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

Ziggysmom

(3,616 posts)

4. Governor Evers should be getting kudos for this?

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Dec 24, 2023, 06:34 PM

Dec 2023

After Walker and the repubes Foxconn deal crapped out?

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