Apple said Monday it plans to build artificial intelligence servers by offering a 15 million square foot factory in Texas online by 2026, adding around 20,000 research and development jobs across the US. Ta.
Apple said it plans to spend $500 billion in the US over the next four years, but the figures include everything from purchasing from US suppliers to filming TV shows and movies for Apple TV+ services. Included. The company refused to say how many numbers it plans to spend alongside its existing US supply base, including companies like Corning, which manufactures glass for iPhones in Kentucky.
The move comes after Apple CEO Tim Cook reported last week that he met President Donald Trump. Many of Apple’s products assembled in China could face a 10% tariff imposed by Trump earlier this month, but iPhone manufacturers previously had from China’s tariffs during the first Trump administration They had secured some exemptions, Reuters reported.
Apple made a similar announcement about US spending plans during the first Trump administration. At the time, he said he was planning $350 billion over five years.
Most of Apple’s consumer products are assembled outside the US, but many of the Apple components are still made there, including Broadcom, Skyworks Solutions and Qorovo chips. Apple also said last month it began mass-producing chips with its own designs at Arizona-owned Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC).
He brought TSMC to Arizona and helped to help introduce the law that became the Chips Act to strengthen US semiconductor production.
Apple said Monday that it will work with Hon Hai Precision Industry’s FoxConn to build a 250,000-square-foot facility in Houston, and power up Apple Intelligence by assembling servers that enter the data center. Perform other tasks. These servers are now built outside the US, Apple said.
Apple also said it plans to increase the Advanced Manufacturing Fund from $5 billion to $10 billion, with some of the expansion being “a multi-billion dollar commitment from Apple” at TSMC’s Arizona plant. Although Apple has not disclosed details about its transactions with TSMC, it has used funds in the past to help Partners build the infrastructure they need to provide products and services to Apple. .
Apple also opens a manufacturing academy in Michigan, where its engineers, along with local university staff, will provide free courses to small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in areas such as project management and manufacturing process optimization.
