December 2023 — A Foxconn data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin. The company has for years promised to build a state of the art manufacturing facility.

July 2021 — 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.

July 2021 — 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.

July 2021 — 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.

July 2021 — 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.

July 2021 — 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.

July 2021 — 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.