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Apple commits $500B to US manufacturing, including a new AI server facility in Houston
The U.S. government is leaning hard on tech companies to make more commitments to building their businesses in the country, and Big Tech is falling in
Apple has worked for years with thousands of suppliers across the U.S. in areas like chip making — currently 24 factories across 12 states — alongside directly employing people in the country. The manufacturing fund, in contrast, will be used to help finance expansions for its partners, including a “multibillion-dollar commitment” to TSMC for advanced silicon made in the latter company’s Fab 21 facility in Arizona. Apple has not specified how much it has earmarked for educational initiatives aimed at training workforces — although the costs of building factories or investing in frontier-level research and development are likely to be substantial.
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