Apple has
announced a major expansion that will see it open a new campus in North Austin
and open new offices in Seattle, San Diego and Los Angeles as it bids to
increase its workforce in the U.S. The firm said it intends also to
significantly expand its presence in Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder, Colorado
over the next three years.
The Austin
campus alone will cost the company $1 billion, but Apple said that the 133-acre
space will generate an initial 5,000 jobs across a broad range of roles with
the potential to add 10,000 more. The company claims to have 6,200 employees in
Austin — its largest enclave outside of Cupertino — and it said that the
addition of these new roles will make it the largest private employer in the
city.
Beyond a lot
of new faces, the new campus will include more than 50 acres of open space and
— as is standard with Apple’s operations these days — it will run entirely on
renewable energy.
Apple
already has 6,200 employees in Austin, but its new campus could add up to
15,000 more
The
investment was lauded by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
“Their
decision to expand operations in our state is a testament to the high-quality
workforce and unmatched economic environment that Texas offers. I thank Apple
for this tremendous investment in Texas, and I look forward to building upon
our strong partnership to create an even brighter future for the Lone Star
State,” he said in a statement shared by Apple.
But Austin
isn’t the only focal point for Apple growth in the U.S.
Outside of
the Austin development, the iPhone-maker plans to expand to over 1,000 staff
Seattle, San Diego and LA over the next three years, while adding “hundreds” of
staff in Pittsburgh, New York, Boulder, Boston and Portland, Oregon.
More
broadly, Apple said it added 6,000 jobs to its U.S. workforce this year to take
its total in the country to 90,000. It said it remains on track to create
20,000 new jobs in the U.S. by 2023.
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