Apple To Setup AI Server Factory In Texas By 2026, Creating 20,000 U.S. R&D Jobs News24 –

To build artificial intelligence (AI) servers, Apple is planning to bring a factory to Texas by 2026 and will open around 20,000 research and development (R&D) jobs in the US, said Apple on Monday.

Apple said it’s investing $500 billion in the US over the next four years. This figure includes everything from purchases from US suppliers to Apple online streaming services.

The company declined to specify how much of the total it planned to spend on its existing US supplier base, which includes companies like Corning, which manufactures glass for iPhones in Kentucky.

Notably, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook met President Donald Trump last week. Many Apple products that are assembled in China face a 10 percent tariff. During the first tenure of Trump, Apple secured some waivers. However, the company also announced the same US spending plans in the first tenure of Trump. At that time the company planned to spend $350 billion over five years.

The majority of Apple’s consumer goods are constructed outside of the United States, although many of its components, such as semiconductors from Broadcom, SkyWorks Solutions, and Qorvo, are still manufactured there. Apple also said last month that it had begun mass fabricating chips of its own design at an Arizona factory owned by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

Apple announced on Monday that it will collaborate with Hon Hai Precision Industry’s Foxconn to develop a 250,000-square-foot facility in Houston to assemble servers that will be used in data centres to power Apple Intelligence, a suite of AI tools that help people draft emails and conduct other activities. According to Apple, the servers are currently produced outside of the United States.