Apple suppliers manufacture silicon in 24 factories across 12 states. Here, a skilled technician holds a semiconductor wafer at Texas Instruments’ new semiconductor wafer fabrication plant in Lehi, Utah. (Photo courtesy Apple)
The tech giant’s plans include a new factory in Texas, a doubling of its U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, and accelerated investments in AI and silicon engineering.
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple® announced plans in February to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years, fulfilling a commitment to support initiatives that focus on artificial intelligence, silicon engineering, and skills development for students and workers across the country.
“We are bullish on the future of American innovation, and we’re proud to build on our long-standing U.S. investments with this $500 billion commitment to our country’s future,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, in a statement released by Apple. “From doubling our Advanced Manufacturing Fund, to building advanced technology in Texas, we’re thrilled to expand our support for American manufacturing. And we’ll keep working with people and companies across this country to help write an extraordinary new chapter in the history of American innovation.”
One part of the new U.S. investment package will support plans by Apple and partners to open a new advanced manufacturing facility in Houston to produce servers that support Apple Intelligence™, the personal intelligence system that helps users write, express themselves, and get things done. Apple also plans to double its U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, create an academy in Michigan to train the next generation of U.S. manufacturers, and grow its research and development investments in the U.S. to support cutting-edge fields like silicon engineering, the company said in the release.
Apple said the $500 billion commitment includes the company’s work with thousands of suppliers across all 50 states, as well as direct employment, Apple Intelligence infrastructure and data centers, corporate facilities, and Apple TV+® productions in 20 states. Today, Apple supports more than 2.9 million jobs across the country through direct employment, work with U.S.-based suppliers and manufacturers, and developer jobs in the thriving iOS app economy, according to the release.
The company said it remains one of the largest U.S. taxpayers, having paid more than $75 billion in U.S. taxes over the past five years, including $19 billion in 2024 alone.
Apple’s investment in education includes grants to U.S. organizations like 4-H (pictured), Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and FIRST. (Photo courtesy Apple)
Opening a new manufacturing facility in Houston
Apple said it will work with manufacturing partners to begin production of servers in Houston later this year. A 250,000-square-foot server manufacturing facility, scheduled to open in 2026, is expected to create thousands of jobs.
The servers that will be assembled in Houston play a key role in powering Apple Intelligence and were previously manufactured outside the United States. They are the foundation of Private Cloud Compute, which combines powerful AI processing with what the company called “the most advanced security architecture ever deployed at scale for AI cloud computing.”
“The servers bring together years of R&D by Apple engineers, and deliver the industry-leading security and performance of Apple silicon to the data center,” the release stated.
Teams at Apple reportedly designed the servers to be extremely energy efficient, reducing the energy demands of Apple data centers, which already run on 100 percent renewable energy, according to the release. The company said that as it brings Apple Intelligence to customers across the U.S., it also plans to continue expanding data center capacity in North Carolina, Iowa, Oregon, Arizona, and Nevada.
Doubling Apple’s U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund
As part of its new investment, Apple is doubling its U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund, created in 2017 to support world-class innovation and high-skilled manufacturing jobs across America. The growing commitment will increase the fund from $5 billion to $10 billion, maintaining its focus on promoting advanced manufacturing and skills development throughout the country.
The fund’s expansion includes a multibillion-dollar commitment from Apple to produce advanced silicon in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s (TSMC’s) Fab 21 facility in Arizona. Apple is the largest customer at the state-of-the-art facility, which employs more than 2,000 workers to manufacture the chips in the United States. Mass production of Apple chips began in January, the release said.
According to Apple, its suppliers manufacture silicon in 24 factories across 12 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Utah. The company’s investments in the sector are reported to help create thousands of high-paying jobs across the country at U.S. companies, such as Broadcom, Texas Instruments, Skyworks, and Qorvo.
To date, Apple’s U.S. Advanced Manufacturing Fund has supported projects in 13 states, including Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Indiana. These projects have helped build local businesses, train workers, and create a wide range of innovative manufacturing processes and materials for Apple products, the company said.
Team members at Apple’s new research and development facility in Austin, Texas. (Photo courtesy Apple)
Growing R&D investments across the U.S.
Apple reported that in the past five years, it has nearly doubled its U.S.-based, advanced R&D spending, and it will continue to accelerate its growth. In the next four years, the company plans to hire about 20,000 people, the majority of whom will be focused on R&D, silicon engineering, software development, and AI and machine learning. The expanded commitment includes significant investment in Apple’s R&D hubs across the country. This includes growing teams across the U.S. that are focused on areas like custom silicon, hardware engineering, software development, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Supporting American businesses with a new manufacturing academy in Detroit
To help companies transition to advanced manufacturing, Apple will open the Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit. Apple engineers, along with experts from top universities such as Michigan State, will consult with small- and medium-sized businesses on implementing AI and smart manufacturing techniques.
The academy will also offer free in-person and online courses, with a skills development curriculum that teaches workers vital skills like project management and manufacturing process optimization. The courses will help drive productivity, efficiency, and quality in companies’ supply chains, the release stated.
Apple said it has long been committed to investing in education and skills development for American workers and students. That includes ongoing and expanding grant programs for organizations like 4-H, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, and FIRST, which work closely with Apple in communities across the country to create free programming that helps young people learn coding and other vital skills.
Apple’s support for the next generation of innovators also includes efforts like the company’s New Silicon Initiative, which prepares students for careers in hardware engineering and silicon chip design. Last year, the program expanded to students at Georgia Tech, and it now reaches students at eight schools across the country. Apple said it is continuing to expand the initiative, including a new collaboration with UCLA’s Center for Education of Microchip Designers (CEMiD) beginning this year.