New York (AFP)
Apple plans to accelerate its investments in the American economy by bringing them to 430 billion dollars within five years, and to create 20,000 jobs, in particular through the construction of a new campus in North Carolina.
"Over the past three years, Apple's contribution to the US economy has largely exceeded the initial five-year target of $ 350 billion set in 2018," said the California giant in a statement released Monday.
The Cupertino group is now revising upwards (...) its commitment over the next five years "by bringing it to 430 billion dollars, an increase of 23%.
These investment plans include "direct spending from suppliers, investments in data centers, capital spending, and other investments such as dozens of Apple TV productions in twenty states," the business.
Apple also plans to create 20,000 jobs nationwide over the next five years, including increasing its workforce in California, Colorado, and Texas through the construction, already underway, of a campus in Austin.
In North Carolina, the company plans to invest more than $ 1 billion in the construction of a new campus and an engineering center, which will create 3,000 new jobs, including some in the field of engineering. artificial intelligence.
"We are creating jobs in cutting-edge technologies, ranging from 5G to silicon engineering to artificial intelligence, by investing in the next generation of innovative companies," said Group CEO Tim Cook, quoted in Apple's press release.
The iPhone maker also claims to be the largest taxpayer in the United States with nearly $ 45 billion in corporate taxes paid over the past five years, and supporting 2.7 million jobs, through direct jobs, through spending with suppliers, or through the economy of mobile applications.
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