A Foxconn data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The company has for years promised to build a state of the art manufacturing facility.

The Foxconn “Globe” in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, is a striking spherical glass structure originally envisioned as part of the company’s high-tech manufacturing and research campus. Completed in the late 2010s, the 80-foot-tall mirrored globe houses Foxconn’s data and network operations center, symbolizing global connectivity and innovation. The building’s reflective blue-green panels and geometric precision make it one of the most recognizable and unconventional architectural landmarks in southeastern Wisconsin.

This photograph shows the main Foxconn Innovation Center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, part of the company’s large but scaled-down industrial complex originally proposed as a high-tech manufacturing hub. The facility, operated under Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii), houses research, development, and light manufacturing operations. In the background rises the company’s distinctive glass globe data center — a modern architectural landmark symbolizing Foxconn’s ambitions for advanced electronics and digital infrastructure in the Midwest.

Part of Foxconn’s sprawling Mount Pleasant complex, this modern structure labeled “High Tech Carrier” represents one of the few large-scale completed buildings from the company’s originally ambitious plans for advanced electronics production in Wisconsin. The facility, designed with a sleek industrial exterior and red steel canopy, was built for component manufacturing and assembly tied to Foxconn Industrial Internet operations. Despite scaled-back production goals, it remains a symbol of the state’s effort to attract large-scale high-tech investment to the region.

A directional sign marks Gate 2 at Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant campus in Racine County, Wisconsin. Erected as part of the large industrial complex originally envisioned for advanced LCD and electronics production, the site now houses scaled-down operations and support facilities. The distant dome visible behind the sign is part of the “Globe” building — a glass sphere that has become an unintended architectural landmark representing both the scale and shifting ambitions of the Foxconn development.

The glass globe structure at the Foxconn Industrial Internet complex in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin — a striking symbol of the state’s ambitious but scaled-back high-tech manufacturing project. Originally promoted as part of a massive LCD fabrication plant, the globe now fronts a data and research facility built by Foxconn Industrial Internet (Fii). The site has become emblematic of shifting industrial promises in the Midwest, where infrastructure outpaced production.

The distinctive mirrored-glass globe at Foxconn’s Mount Pleasant campus stands along Wisconn Valley Way, a new road constructed specifically for the project. Once envisioned as a hub for LCD panel manufacturing, the complex has evolved into a smaller-scale research and assembly site under Foxconn Industrial Internet. The road, lighting, and landscape reflect the large-scale planning of Wisconsin’s most ambitious economic development project of the late 2010s.