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New data center to be built on site of failed Foxconn

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Microsoft ( MSFT ) aims to create 2,000 permanent jobs

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Wisconsin is one of seven battleground states in 2024

election

(Adds no immediate comment from Trump campaign; edits

throughout)

By Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will

visit the political battleground state of Wisconsin on Wednesday

to announce plans by Microsoft Corp ( MSFT ) to build a $3.3

billion high-tech data center that will create thousands of

jobs, the White House said.

The Microsoft ( MSFT ) 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 ( MSFT ) 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 ( MSFT ) 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.

Biden is seeking to shore up support among Black voters

ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential election, with national polls

showing him essentially tied in a rematch with Trump, a

Republican making his third bid for the White House after losing

to Biden in 2020.

Representatives for Trump's campaign could not be

immediately reached for comment. Trump and former Wisconsin

governor Scott Walker grabbed golden shovels for the factory

site groundbreaking in 2018, as politicians promised a new

"Wisconn Valley" tech hub in the United States.

Biden will meet with volunteers who campaign officials are

training to use a new mobile phone app that helps voters connect

with people they already know to drum up votes.

His campaign is also launching a $14 million ad campaign,

including a seven-figure investment targeting Black, Latino and

Asian voters. On Thursday, it will release an ad called

"Terminate" focusing on Trump's attacks on Americans' health

care.

Biden's campaign said it was expanding its operations this

month to include 200 offices and 500 staff members by the end of

May and planned to boost outreach to small businesses as part of

a bigger drive to expand in key communities.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal; additional reporting by Nandita

Bose and Susan Heavey; Editing by Leslie Adler, Heather Timmons

and Emelia Sithole-Matarise)