Over the next four years, Apple intends to invest over $500 billion (£396 billion) in the US, beginning with constructing a new advanced manufacturing facility in Texas. According to the IT giant, it anticipates adding 20,000 new jobs over that time, with the “vast majority” of those positions being in software, artificial intelligence (AI), and research and development.
How much of the expenditure represents an acceleration of the business’s ongoing operations is unclear. According to Apple, the total covered everything from production costs for Apple TV+ to supplier expenditures. The declaration follows a meeting between Apple CEO Tim Cook and President Donald Trump, who has prioritised more excellent corporate investment in the United States.
Apple said in its statement that the investment was its “largest-ever spend commitment” and that it will increase its support for manufacturing in the United States. “We have high hopes for American innovation’s future, Cook stated.
According to the firm, servers “previously manufactured outside the US” will be produced at the new 250,000-square-foot facility in Houston, Texas, to power Apple Intelligence, its artificial intelligence system. The iPhone manufacturer also stated that “thousands” of employees would be created when it opened in 2026.
Additionally, Apple is tripling its funding for a US manufacturing fund it established during Trump’s first term from $5 billion to $10 billion and increasing the capacity of its data centres in North Carolina, Iowa, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada.
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