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The real story is that Scott Walker offered FoxConn a nonsensical deal for a political victory for himself (Trump jumping onto it was a sideshow and irrelevant…the primary work was done by Scott Walker).

The deal essentially gave Foxconn free money without requiring it do anything and Foxconn figured why not take the money and then see if we can also do something.

They found out they couldn’t. They tried to pivot to a more software/IT focused investment but the properties they had picked were not ideal for that being far away from where IT people lived. And they eventually gave up.