CUPERTINO, CA – Apple will spend $500 billion in US investments in the next four years that will include a giant factory in Texas for artificial intelligence servers and add about 20,000 research and development jobs across the country, Reuters reported.

The expected spending includes everything from purchases from US suppliers to US filming of television shows and movies for its Apple TV+ service, the company said. The company declined to say how much of the figure it was already planning to spend with its US supply base, which includes firms such as Corning that makes glass for iPhones in Kentucky.

Many of Apple's products that are assembled in China could face 10% tariffs imposed by Trump earlier this month, though the iPhone maker had secured some waivers from China tariffs in the first Trump administration. "This pledge represents a political gesture towards the Trump administration," said Gil Luria, analyst at D.A. Davidson, noting that the $500 billion likely includes all of Apple's spending in the U.S., including general and administrative costs. "It is unclear whether this announcement represents an acceleration in spend."

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