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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 134 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Foxconn mostly abandons $10 billion Wisconsin project touted by Trump
Published Wed, Apr 21 2021 5:46 AM EDT | Updated Tue, Sep 13 2022 7:00 PM EDT

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/foxconn-mostly-abandons-10-billion-wisconsin-project-touted-by-trump.html

Huh, I wonder why this sounds so familiar.

[–] BigDiction@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconn_Valley_Science_and_Technology_Park

Went down the hole, part of it soon to become a Microsoft data center. Makes sense when you have access to a shit ton of fresh water.

[–] Taco2112@lemmy.world 71 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just look up Foxconn in Wisconsin if you want a preview of what’s to come.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or TSMC 4nm fab in Arizona, a complete failure obviously.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Foxconn was very different than TSMC in AZ. I have problems with the fab but saying it is a failure is hopefully sarcasm. Fuck Trump though. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/tsmcs-arizona-fab-21-is-already-making-4nm-chips-yield-and-quality-reportedly-on-par-with-taiwan-fabs

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It was sarcasm and I’m terrified nobody noticed (otherwise they’d downvote me to hell for attributing anything positive to Trump).

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Ha, I gotcha. ✌️

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 57 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Much like he gave concessions with canada basically telling him what they were already agreeing to as if it were a new thing, is this repackaging something Biden did and trump wanting a fucking cookie for?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

More or less. It's the CHIPS act

[–] singletona@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Figured Trump was going to wait til closer to the midterms to start taking credit for that. Guess he's desperate enough to not wait for it to actually start paying out.

[–] ghewl@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Common corporate tactic. Company pledges to invest billions in new this or that. Years later project is abandoned due to unforeseen delays.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Likely this, and those 100bln are a lot for the right people involved in the tremendous effort that will unfortunately fail, but you never know

[–] db2@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

Fuck that guy and everyone that attaches to him.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

Is this so he can give China his blessing to take Taiwan?

[–] THX1138@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 month ago

So bankrupt and abandoned in a few years? Gotcha.

[–] Deello@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Assuming this actually leads to anything and we now have a functional US fab, wouldn't this be the dawn of the $5,000 iPhone SE?

[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 month ago

TSMC already has a functioning US fab

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

I thought the government didn't have any money!