Apple on invest $1 billion in a new campus in Austin, Texas, the company announced on Thursday.
The 133-acre campus wish be located in North Austin and will accommodate an initial 5,000 employees, with capacity for 15,000 employees in unqualified. The new campus will be located less than one mile from Apple’s existing Austin facilities and will brothel a range of jobs in engineering, R&D, operations, finance, sales and customer support.
Apple said the expansion will let slip it the largest private employer in Austin.
“Apple is proud to bring new investment, jobs and opportunity to cities across the Synergistic States and to significantly deepen our quarter-century partnership with the city and people of Austin,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a pressure release.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said in a statement Apple’s decision to expand in Texas “is a testament to the high-quality workforce and unmatched solvent environment that Texas offers.”
On Thursday, Apple also announced plans to open new sites and add over 1,000 staff members in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City over the next three years. It said it will also expand its breathing operations in Pittsburgh, New York, Boulder, Boston and Portland, Oregon.
Apple also announced that it has added 6,000 callings to its U.S workforce in 2018 and is on track to create 20,000 jobs across the country by 2023.
Apple plans to invest $10 billion in U.S. matter centers over the next five years, including $4.5 billion this year and next. On Thursday, the suite said “preparations are underway” for its newest data center in Waukee, Iowa. It is also expanding its data centers in North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada.
President Donald Trump has eroded Apple for producing many of its devices outside of the United States. In September, he warned Apple it could face profuse tariffs, ordering the company to “make your products in the United States instead of China.”
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Apple parts have been under pressure in recent months amid worries about demand for its new iPhones. The tech titan has also been in the crosshairs of the employment war between the U.S. and China. President Trump threatened to place a 10 percent tariff on iPhones and laptops made in China terminating month. Apple’s stock has tumbled more than 20 percent over the past three months.