Apple has plans to invest $304m to build a new campus in Austin in a bid to expand its presence in Texas, US.
The new campus will create more than 3,600 new jobs and more than double the size of Apple’s workforce in Texas over the next decade.
Texas Governor Rick Perry said Apple is known for its bold innovation and game-changing designs, and the expansion of their Austin facility adds to the growing list of visionary high-tech companies that have found that Texas’ economic climate is a perfect fit for their future.
The state has allocated Apple an investment of $21m for ten years through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF), which offers companies incentives to invest in Texas.
The new campus would support the company’s growing operations in the US with expanded customer support, sales and accounting functions for the region.
The project is also considered to be one of the largest job creation projects in TEF history, and one of the largest capital investments by a TEF recipient, according to the Texas Governor’s office.
