Looks like the earlier rumour has come true: Apple says it’s stepping up its investment in the U.S. economy, with plans to spend $600 billion over the next four years.
That’s an extra $100 billion on top of what it had already promised. Most of the money will go toward expanding its supply chain and tech manufacturing in the U.S., under a new initiative called the American Manufacturing Program.
“Today, we’re proud to increase our investments across the United States to $600 billion over four years and launch our new American Manufacturing Program,” said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO in a statement on Wednesday afternoon. “This includes new and expanded work with 10 companies across America. They produce components that are used in Apple products sold all over the world, and we’re grateful to the President for his support.”
Cook has built a give-and-take relationship with the Trump administration—Apple has received tariff exemptions, and in exchange, the company promised to boost its manufacturing efforts in the U.S.
To do this, Apple is teaming up with major suppliers like Corning, Texas Instruments, Broadcom, and TSMC. These partnerships will result in new or expanded factories in states like Kentucky, Texas, Arizona, and New York. For example, Corning will soon be producing all the cover glass for iPhones and Apple Watches in Kentucky. In Texas, Apple is helping to scale up rare earth magnet production through a company called MP Materials.
The bigger plan is to build an end-to-end chip supply chain entirely within the U.S. That means sourcing raw materials, making wafers, producing chips, and packaging them all without needing to rely on foreign factories. Apple is working with GlobalWafers in Texas for wafers, TSMC in Arizona and TI in Utah for chip manufacturing, and Amkor in Arizona for final packaging. Samsung, GlobalFoundries, and Broadcom are also part of the project, helping Apple with chip design, power efficiency, and 5G tech.
Apple’s manufacturing push also includes building a massive new server factory in Houston, which recently produced its first test unit and is expected to go into full production in 2026. Those servers will run Apple’s new AI tools and cloud services, including Apple Intelligence and Private Cloud Compute.
In addition to hardware, Apple is also investing in training. It’s opening a new Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit on August 19. The school will help small and mid-sized businesses figure out how to bring AI and high-tech manufacturing into their operations.
Apple is also expanding its existing data centers, including one in Maiden, North Carolina, which powers services like iCloud, Apple TV+, and Apple Music. It’s also building out more facilities in Iowa, Nevada, and Oregon. Meanwhile, construction is ongoing at Apple’s second campus in Austin, Texas, which includes new labs for its hardware and software teams.
According to Apple, the company already supports over 450,000 jobs through suppliers across all 50 states. It plans to directly hire another 20,000 people in the U.S. over the next few years, especially in areas like AI, software development, and chip design.
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All that wasted billions only for them to move all manufacturing back to India, China, Indonesia etc. after trump is out of office so they can reduce the manufacturing costs.