Apple Pushes US Employment Numbers in Expansion Announcements

Apple announced a $1 billion expansion of its North Austin, Texas, campus; plans to build new sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, Cal.; and its intent to expand in Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder, over the next three years. The 133-acre Austin campus will accommodate 5,000 more employees, with capacity to grow to 15,000, it said. The company plans to invest $10 billion in U.S. data centers over the next five years, including $4.5 billion this year and next. Centers in North Carolina, Arizona and Nevada are being expanded, and preparations are underway for a center in Waukee, Iowa, all run on 100 percent renewable energy, it said. The company supports more than 2 million jobs in the U.S., it said, counting workers at 9,000 suppliers and manufacturers, with the App Store ecosystem responsible for more than 1.5 million.