软银为“星际之门”买下富士康美电动车工厂

Core Insights - SoftBank Group has acquired Foxconn's electric vehicle factory in Ohio to initiate the $500 billion "Gateway to the Stars" data center project in collaboration with OpenAI and Oracle [1] - The acquisition is part of SoftBank's efforts to secure financing for the "Gateway to the Stars" project, which aims to build data centers and supporting infrastructure across the U.S. [1] - Foxconn's parent company, Hon Hai, has agreed to sell the factory for $375 million to Crescent Dune LLC, with SoftBank identified as the buyer [1] - Hon Hai's involvement is expected to support SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's ambitions to establish a strong position in the growing AI hardware investment wave [1] - Hon Hai will operate the factory and may utilize the site for its own AI server manufacturing, with potential plans to convert the Ohio site into a data center [1]