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Apple to invest $500bln in the US over next 4 years

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Agencies
  • 24 Feb 2025 17:23
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The announcement shortly followed a meeting between Apple CEO Tim Cook and Trump last week.

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Apple announced on Monday it intends to invest more than $500 billion in the United States economy over the next 4 years.

Last week, US President Donald Trump held a private meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook at the White House, after which the former announced that Apple had plans to relocate its manufacturing from Mexico to the United States and to invest billions of dollars in the American economy.

"Apple today announced its largest-ever spend commitment, with plans to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years. This new pledge builds on Apple’s long history of investing in American innovation and advanced high-skilled manufacturing, and will support a wide range of initiatives that focus on artificial intelligence, silicon engineering, and skills development for students and workers across the country," Apple announced in a statement. 

Apple's upcoming investments include a new server manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas, doubling its Advanced Manufacturing Fund, expanding Research and Development (R&D) across the United States, and setting up a manufacturing academy in Detroit, Michigan to guide entrepreneurs in the implementation of Artificial Intelligence and smart manufacturing technologies.

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