Apple plans $500bn spend in US, promises more on AI and chips

Package of measures includes server manufacturing facility in Houston

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Apple has committed to investing more than $500 billion in the US over the next four years, including a 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing facility in Houston, slated to open in 2026.

The commitment includes work with thousands of suppliers across, direct employment, Apple Intelligence infrastructure and data centres, corporate facilities, and Apple TV+ productions.

In the next four years, Apple plans to hire around 20,000 people, of which the vast majority will be focused on R&D, silicon engineering, software development, and AI and machine learning. The expanded commitment includes significant investment in Apple’s R&D hubs across the country. This includes growing teams focused on areas including custom silicon, hardware engineering, software development, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Teams at Apple designed the servers to be incredibly energy efficient, reducing the energy demands of data centres – which already run on 100% renewable energy. As Apple brings Apple Intelligence to customers across the US, it also plans to continue expanding data centre capacity in North Carolina, Iowa, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada.

As part of this new investment, Apple is doubling its US Advanced Manufacturing Fund, created in 2017 to support innovation and high-skilled manufacturing jobs across America from $5 billion to $10 billion.

The fund’s expansion includes a multibillion-dollar commitment from Apple to produce advanced silicon in TSMC’s Fab 21 facility in Arizona. Apple is the largest customer at this state-of-the-art facility, which employs more than 2,000 workers to manufacture the chips in the US.

“We are bullish on the future of American innovation, and we’re proud to build on our long-standing US investments with this $500 billion commitment to our country’s future,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “From doubling our Advanced Manufacturing Fund, to building advanced technology in Texas, we’re thrilled to expand our support for American manufacturing. And we’ll keep working with people and companies across this country to help write an extraordinary new chapter in the history of American innovation.”

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