Apple announced its “largest-ever” spending commitment that involves investing hundreds of billions of dollars in the United States to boost manufacturing activities and support a wide range of initiatives, including artificial intelligence (AI) and silicon engineering.
The company said it “plans to spend and invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.”
“The $500 billion commitment includes Apple’s work with thousands of suppliers across all 50 states, direct employment, Apple Intelligence infrastructure and data centers, corporate facilities, and Apple TV+ productions in 20 states,” Apple said in a Feb. 24 statement.
“In the next four years, Apple plans to hire around 20,000 people, of which the vast majority will be focused on R&D, silicon engineering, software development, and AI and machine learning.”…