{"id":5422,"date":"2018-12-13T12:37:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T12:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/apple-to-create-1bn-texas-base\/"},"modified":"2018-12-13T12:37:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T12:37:09","slug":"apple-to-create-1bn-texas-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/apple-to-create-1bn-texas-base\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple to create $1bn Texas base"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Apple has announced plans to build a new campus in Austin, Texas, saying the project will involve a $1bn (\u00a3790m) investment.<\/p>\n

The company already has an existing base in the city.<\/p>\n

The iPhone-maker said it expected the latest move would eventually make it the state capital’s biggest private employer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One expert said the area had a big pool of talent to draw on but was no longer cheaper to hire in than Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n

Intel’s Atom computer processors were developed at its facility in the city. Dell, Amazon, Samsung, Facebook, Google and IBM are among other large local employers.<\/p>\n

“There’s a lot of computer chip expertise but Texas is also a massive hotbed for the data-centre industry,” said independent technology analyst Chris Green.<\/p>\n

“It also has a reputation for its traditional entertainment media scene as well as social-media development, with lots spurred on by the South by Southwest festival and other technology gatherings that have made Austin their home.”<\/p>\n

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Apple already employs 6,200 staff at its current facilities in Austin, making it the company’s biggest base outside of its home at Cupertino in California’s Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n

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It said the new 133-acre (0.54 sq km) campus would initially be home to 5,000 new workers but had the capacity to accommodate 15,000.<\/p>\n

The new posts, it said, would include roles in its engineering, research and development, and sales divisions.<\/p>\n

The company also said it planned new sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City over the next three years.<\/p>\n

The announcements follow an earlier commitment made in January to create 20,000 new jobs<\/a> in the US by 2023.<\/p>\n

At present, the company employs about 90,000 people in the country, including staff in its retail stores.<\/p>\n

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Apple and other American technology companies have faced calls from President Trump to boost employment in their home country.<\/p>\n

Most recently, the president threatened to add tariffs to iPhones and other Apple products manufactured in China if trade negotiations with Beijing did not go the way he wanted.<\/p>\n

Last month, Amazon announced plans to build new campuses in New York and near Washington DC as part of its own job-creation plans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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