Apple has released an ambitious investment plan that It amounts to more than 500,000 million dollars in the United States over the next four years.
This initiative has been qualified by the company as its greatest expense commitment to date. Within this framework, The hiring of around 20,000 workers is expected to perform tasks related to research and development.
Expansion and Hiring Commitment
The investment projected by Apple has as its main objective the expansion of equipment and facilities in various states such as Michigan, Texas, California, Arizona, Nevada, Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina and Washington. Besides, The construction of a new factory in Texas is contemplated to the production of servers compatible with Apple Intelligence. The company also plans to double its Advanced Manufacturing Fund of the USA.
Impact on economy and employment
This important investment will not only benefit the company, but will also positively impact the US economy. Apple will work with miles of suppliers in the 50 states, generating direct employment, strengthening infrastructure and expanding its Apple Intelligence data centersas well as the corporate and production facilities of Apple TV+ in 20 states.
Tim Cook and Donald Trump statements
In this regard, Apple’s CEO, Tim Cook, expressed his optimism about the future of innovation in the United States. In his words, «We will continue working with people and companies from all over the country to help write an extraordinary new chapter in the history of American innovation. « For his part, the former president of the United States, Donald Trump, praised Apple’s decision, highlighting the confidence in the work done by the company.
The approach to Trump was already visulized with the trip, after the victory of the Republican President, of Tim Cook to the Florida’s residence of the president, to Mar-a-Lago as well as the presence of the CEPERTINO company CEO at the President Trump’s possession ceremony In the White House, as well as its most investment premises in the country.
Apple is known for the strong presence of assembly in China Of his devices, especially his iPhones, which, after closing by the last hour of Covid in the country he has relocated other places such as India and Vietnam
Commitment to job creation
Apple intends to hire some 20,000 people in the next four years, focusing mainly on areas such as research and development, silicon engineering, software development, artificial intelligence and automatic learning.
New factory in Texas
Among the announced investments, the construction of a new server manufacturing plant in Houston, Texas is highlighted. This installation, which is expected to open its doors in 2026, It will contribute to the creation of thousands of jobs in the country.
IMPULSE TO TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION
The servers manufactured in this new plant will play a crucial role in the functioning of Apple Intelligence and will be fundamental for Private Cloud Compute, which combine a powerful artificial intelligence processing with an advanced security architecture.
Duplication of the Advanced Manufacturing Fund in the US
Apple also has plans to double its advanced manufacturing fund in the United States, created in 2017 to support innovation and highly qualified jobs in the country’s manufacturer. This extension will raise the fund of 5,000 to 10,000 million dollars, with the commitment to produce advanced silicon in the FAB 21 TSMC plant in Arizona.
Impulse to local production.
The fund’s expansion includes Apple’s commitment to produce chips in this installation, which employs more than 2,000 workers and whose mass production has already begun. To date, the US Advanced Manufacturing Fund of Apple has supported projects in 13 states, contributing to the creation of local businesses, workers training and the implementation of innovative processes for the company’s products.