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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Technology
Andrew Griffin

Apple announces $500 billion US investment including huge AI factory

Apple will spend $500 billion on investments in the US – including a huge factory in Texas that will build systems for AI.

The announcement came amid reports that Donald Trump and Apple’s chief executive Tim Cook had met last week. Apple could be hit hard by tariffs on imports from China, where most of its devices are made – though in the last Trump administration, it secured waivers that reduced their effect on the iPhone maker.

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