Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook greeted customers on Friday, September 20, 2024, on the first day of sales of Apple’s latest product at Apple’s Fifth Street store in New York, USA.
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apple The company said Monday it plans to open a new plant in Texas for AI servers in Texas.
The U.S. technology giant said it will work with partners to open a 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing plant in Houston to produce servers from Apple Intelligence, and Apple Intelligence is its personal assistant to its AI iPhone, iPad and Mac computers.
The new factory, which is scheduled to open in 2026, will become part of Apple’s major investment plan promised over the next four years. In addition to the new Texas facility, Apple plans to hire about 20,000 new employees in the U.S.
Apple says most new employees will focus on R&D (R&D), silicon engineering, software development, and AI and machine learning.
“We are optimistic about the future of U.S. innovation and we are honored to have a $500 billion commitment to our nation’s future $500 billion,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement Monday. Build our long-term investment.”
The move comes after Apple met with President Donald Trump last week.
iPhone manufacturers are under pressure from the Trump administration to choose to produce their products. Apple brings together most of its products in China.
Earlier this month, Trump signed an order that strongly infected 10% tariff on Chinese goods exist Existing tariffs up to 25% The collection was collected during his first term.
Apple said its $500 billion investment plan will include partnerships with suppliers across the U.S., as well as content for Apple TV+ media streaming services in 20 states, as well as new employees and R&D (R&D) spending.
“This remains one of the largest taxpayers in the U.S., with taxes over $75 billion in the past five years and $19 billion paid in 2024 alone,” Apple said.
The tech giant also said its U.S. senior manufacturing fund doubled it to $10 billion, from the current $5 billion to create new manufacturing colleges in Michigan and expand its U.S. R&D investment in support of its support for cutting-edge fields such as silicon engineering.
