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Apple Unveils Massive $500 Billion U.S. Investment, Adding Over 20,000 Jobs

Holden Satterwhite
February 24, 2025
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Apple announced today a massive $500 billion investment in the United States over the next four years, aligning with the Trump Administration’s push for increased domestic business investment, including efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing and respond to existing and upcoming tariffs on imports from China.
As part of its new U.S. investments, Apple will work with manufacturing partners to begin production of servers in Houston later this year. A 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing facility, slated to open in 2026, will create thousands of jobs according to the company. Apple notes that this is something that was previously manufactured outside the U.S., the servers that will soon be assembled in Houston play a key role in powering Apple Intelligence, and are the foundation of Private Cloud Compute.
Apple is doubling its U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, initially launched in 2017 to foster innovation and high-skilled manufacturing jobs nationwide, expanding it from $5 billion to $10 billion to bolster advanced manufacturing and skills development across the country. This includes a multibillion-dollar investment to produce cutting-edge silicon at TSMC’s Fab 21 facility in Arizona, where Apple, as the largest customer, supports over 2,000 workers who began mass-producing Apple chips last month. These chips, designed to enhance performance, features, and power efficiency for Apple users, are also manufactured by suppliers in 24 factories across 12 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah, generating thousands of well-paying jobs at companies like Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Skyworks, and Qorvo. To date, the fund has backed projects in 13 states—such as Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Indiana—driving local business growth, worker training, and the development of innovative manufacturing processes and materials for Apple products. At Texas Instruments’ semiconductor wafer fabrication plant in Lehi, Utah, workers in protective clothing operate advanced machinery and examine equipment, exemplifying the high-tech efforts supported by Apple’s expanding initiative.

The company is also significantly expanding its research and development efforts across the United States, having nearly doubled its advanced R&D spending in the country over the past five years, with plans to further accelerate this growth. The company recently unveiled the iPhone 16e, the latest addition to its iPhone lineup, boasting rapid performance and exceptional battery life driven by the highly efficient A18 chip and the groundbreaking Apple C1—the first cellular modem designed in-house by Apple and the most power-efficient modem ever featured in an iPhone. The Apple C1, a product of years of R&D investment and the collaboration of thousands of engineers, marks a milestone in Apple silicon innovation and lays the foundation for a long-term strategy to enhance modem systems across Apple’s product ecosystem.

Apple aims to hire approximately 20,000 new employees over the next four years, with the majority dedicated to R&D, silicon engineering, software development, and advancements in AI and machine learning. This ambitious expansion includes substantial investments in R&D hubs nationwide, growing teams focused on custom silicon, hardware engineering, software development, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

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The company is also launching the Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit to support companies shifting to advanced manufacturing, where Apple engineers and experts from leading institutions like Michigan State University will collaborate with small- and medium-sized businesses to integrate AI and smart manufacturing techniques. The academy will provide free in-person and online courses featuring a skills development curriculum focused on essential abilities such as project management and manufacturing process optimization, boosting productivity, efficiency, and quality within company supply chains. This initiative builds on Apple’s longstanding dedication to education and workforce development for American workers and students, exemplified by its growing grant programs with organizations like 4-H, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and FIRST, which partner with Apple nationwide to offer free programming that equips young people with critical skills like coding in communities across the country.
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