Apple plans to invest more than $ 500 billion (396 billion pounds) in the United States during the next four years, starting with a new advanced manufacturing factory in Texas.
The technology giant said that it is expected to create 20,000 new jobs during that time, with the “vast majority” of roles in research, development, software and artificial intelligence (AI).
It is not clear to what extent is spending an acceleration of the company's current activities. Apple said the amount includes everything from spending on suppliers to Apple TV+ Productions.
This announcement comes days after Apple Tim Cook met with President Donald Trump, who made the increase in corporate investments in the United States.
In its announcement, Apple said that its investments were “the biggest commitment to its spending” and will expand its support for American manufacturing.
“We are optimistic about the future of American innovation,” Cook said.
The company said that the new 250,000 square feet in Houston, Texas is to produce servers “previously manufactured outside the United States” to support the Apple Intelligence system, the company's artificial intelligence system.
The iPhone added that it will open in 2026 and create “thousands” of jobs.
Apple is also expanding its ability to the data center in North Carolina, Iowa, Origon, Arizona and Nevada, and its support for the American manufacturing fund, which was established in the first Trump state, has doubled from 5 billion dollars to 10 billion dollars.
Trump inspected the announcement last week, claiming that he was partially in response to his commercial policies, including definitions.
On Monday, the president won the credit for the news on social media, saying that the reason for investing is “believing in what we do, and without it, they will not invest ten cents.”
Trump said he wants to see more companies that make their products in the United States, and threaten to raise tariffs significantly in an attempt to make local manufacturing more attractive.
Last month, he imposed a 10 % new border tax on all imports from China, where Apple has a large manufacturing.
It has also been a tariff for products made in many other countries, including neighboring countries Mexico and Canada.
Dan Evs, an analyst at Wedbush Securities, said the advertisement was a “strategic step” to diversify the company's manufacturing operations “while also plays the issue of American investment in Trump.
He wrote in a note: “Cook continues to prove that he is 10 % political and 90 % executive.”
Evis said that the initiatives announced by Apple on Monday do not seem to indicate a major shift in the company's manufacturing plans for China, noting that the areas concerned were not the focus of its activities there.
