Biden-⁠Harris Administration High-Speed Internet Investments Spur Made-in-America Manufacturing Boom

In Wisconsin, Vice President Kamala Harris visited the Nokia and Sanmina Corporation in Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin to highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s efforts to invest in high-speed internet, boost domestic manufacturing, and create good jobs. Vice President Harris’ visit coincides with Nokia announcing the manufacturing of broadband network electronics products for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program in the US that will add up to 200 new jobs at Sanmina Corporation’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, Wisconsin. The announcement will make Nokia the first telecommunications company to begin manufacturing broadband electronics products in the US in 2024. The Vice President was joined by Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI). The announcement is the latest in a string of domestic manufacturing announcements that have been spurred by the Biden-Harris Administration’s high-speed internet investments and Made-in-America policies, part of the President’s Investing in America agenda and a clear sign that Bidenomics is working. Across the high-speed internet industry, most electronics products are not currently manufactured in the US, but Buy America provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) are driving the onshoring of new manufacturing, particularly ahead of implementation of the $42.45 billion BEAD program.