Microsoft Buys Wisconsin Pumpkin Farm for $76 Million
Summary Microsofthas completed the purchase of farmland in Wisconsin for $76 million, where it plans to build a data center campus. The tech company has been on quite a spending spree in 2023, asMicrosoft officially acquired Activision Blizzardin the fall for $68.7 billion. Just in the gaming sector alone, Microsoft has been aggressively looking to buy – purchasing Bethesda’s parent company, ZeniMax, back in 2021. Foxconn looked to purchase the same land in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, but the owners decided to hold out for a better deal – originally being offered about a third of what they eventually accepted from Microsoft....