Apple Commits More Than $500 Billion Investment in US

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Appleโ€™s new investment was made under the backdrop of an impending U.S. tariff agenda that is set to affect the companyโ€™s imports.

Apple announced its โ€œlargest-everโ€ spending commitment that involves investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States to boost manufacturing activities and support a wide range of initiatives, including artificial intelligence (AI) and silicon engineering.

The company said it โ€œplans to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.โ€

โ€œThe $500 billion commitment includes Appleโ€™s work with thousands of suppliers across all 50 states, direct employment, Apple Intelligence infrastructure and data centers, corporate facilities, and Apple TV+ productions in 20 states,โ€ Apple said in a Feb. 24 statement.

โ€œIn 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.โ€

As part of these investments, Apple intends to open a new manufacturing facility in Houston. Slated to open next year, the 250,000-square-foot facility is set to build servers, supporting thousands of jobs.

The servers were โ€œpreviously manufactured outside the U.S.โ€ and will act as the foundation for Private Cloud Compute, a cloud-based AI processing system. It is expected to play a key role in powering Apple Intelligence, the companyโ€™s AI offering.

In addition, the tech giant said it plans to continue expanding data-center capacity in Arizona, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, and Oregon.

Apple aims to double its U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, boosting it from $5 billion to $10 billion. Created in 2017, the fund aims to promote โ€œworld-class innovation and high-skilled manufacturing jobs across America.โ€

โ€œTo date, Appleโ€™s U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund has supported projects in 13 states, including Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Indiana,โ€ Apple stated.

Furthermore, Apple plans to open the Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit, where the companyโ€™s engineers, together with experts from top universities, will consult with small and mid-size businesses on implementing artificial intelligence and smart manufacturing techniques.

โ€œWe are bullish on the future of American innovation, and weโ€™re proud to build on our long-standing U.S. investments with this $500 billion commitment to our countryโ€™s future,โ€ Apple CEO Tim Cook said.

President Donald Trump welcomed Appleโ€™s investment announcement in a Feb. 25 post on social media platform Truth Social, attributing it to the companyโ€™s โ€œfaith in what [the administration is] doing, without which, they wouldnโ€™t be investing ten cents.โ€

Byย Naveen Athrappully

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