Apple Apple today announced plans to invest over$500 billion in the US over the next four years and promised to create 20.000 new jobs, while US President Donald Trump is putting pressure on US companies to replace their production in the US.

“Apple today announces its largest spending commitment ever, with plans to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the US over the next four years,” the giant said. It said it wants to fund projects in the areas of AI, engineering and education.

Its plans also include increasing the capacity of its existing US manufacturing sites as well as building by 2026 a new plant in Houston, in the state of Texas, to produce servers that were previously manufactured “outside the US”, the press release detailed, specifying that this new location will “create thousands of jobs”.

In total, these projects will allow for the hiring of 20,000 additional employees over the next four years, Apple claims.

Trump’s “thank you”

At the same time, in a post, the US president thanked the company for its investment and said: “Apple has announced a record $500 billion investment in the US. The reason is the belief in what we do without which they wouldn’t invest 10 cents. Thanks to Tim Cook and Apple.”
Tim Cook and Apple.