Foxconn Globe and Data Center, Mount Pleasant, WI

The glass globe structure at the Foxconn Industrial Internet complex in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, stands as a symbol of a high-tech manufacturing project that was significantly scaled back. Originally intended as part of a large LCD fabrication plant, the globe now serves as the entrance to a data and research facility operated by Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii). The site has become a case study in the shifting promises of industrial development in the Midwest, where infrastructure was developed in anticipation of production that did not fully materialize.