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Foxconn’s Wisconsin plant stays mostly empty after $1.2B aid

By Drooid · Oct 22, 2026, 3:39 AM UTC · How we work

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Foxconn constructed a largely vacant plant in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin after receiving over $1.2 billion in public funds.
President Donald Trump announced the project in 2018, promising more than 13,000 local jobs building TV screens.
The site was reduced to a storage facility employing fewer than 1,200 workers, leaving most of the building empty.
Mount Pleasant spent over $100 million on the failed effort, a loss unlikely to be recouped for decades.

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Foxconn constructed a largely vacant plant in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin after receiving over $1.2 billion in public funds.
President Donald Trump announced the project in 2018, promising more than 13,000 local jobs building TV screens.
The site was reduced to a storage facility employing fewer than 1,200 workers, leaving most of the building empty.
Mount Pleasant spent over $100 million on the failed effort, a loss unlikely to be recouped for decades.