(The Center Square) – Microsoft announced Thursday it intends to build a $4 billion data center in Racine County in addition to the more than $3 billion data center it is currently building in Mount Pleasant, which is expected to be completed in early 2026.

The second data center is expected to be completed by 2028.

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Data centers are becoming increasingly necessary as cloud-based memory and computing capabilities increase but tax incentives for those centers are questioned due to the lack of long-term jobs at the sites, the energy needs and the potential increase in consumer en

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