Microsoft is under pressure to reaffirm its plans for a sizable new complex in Atlanta. The tech giant is sitting on a 90-acre site after delaying an official groundbreaking that was due to occur last year. The delay has put into question whether Microsoft’s signaled intent to build a major corporate campus, and hence create up to 15,000 jobs, will ever bear fruit.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is unhappy with the impasse and told Bloomberg that he intends to push for a decision from Microsoft and potentially take back the land for other uses or partners. Bloomberg has been in touch with Microsoft, but it has declined to comment on the matter.
