Alongside establishing the new Texas facility, Apple announced plans to hire approximately 20,000 employees nationwide.

Apple’s decision this week to build a massive facility in Houston for making AI servers could mark a resurrection of the region's tech past that began with Texas Instruments in the 1970s, continued with Compaq Computer Corp.

Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a $500 billion investment in the U.S. over the next four years and plans to open a major facility in the Houston area.

"We are bullish on the future of American innovation, and we're proud to build on our long-standing U.S. investments with this $500 billion commitment to our country's future," Apple CEO Tim Cook ...

As part of a more than $500 billion, four-year investment across the U.S., Silicon Valley tech giant Apple plans to build a factory in Houston that will produce servers for its data centers to support the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) business.

The announcement comes as the tech giant is slated to spend more than $500 billion in the United States over the next four years and bolster “Apple Intelligence,” an in-house artificial intelligence system.

Apple's Houston server manufacturing plant would shift manufacturing from overseas. The plant was scheduled to open in 2026.

This investment also includes doubling its US Advanced Manufacturing Fund and expanding research and development in silicon engineering.

Apple and its CEO Tim Cook announced a $500 billion investment in the United States of America early Monday morning — and President Donald Trump couldn't be more pleased. "We are bullish on the future of American innovation,

Apple said Monday that it planned to spend $500 billion in the United States over the next four years, hire 20,000 people and open a new factory in Texas.

Apple on Monday announced plans to invest more than $500 billion in the U.S. and hire 20,000 people over the next four years, with construction of a massive facility planned in Greater Houston. Why it matters: Apple's announcement — which the company calls its largest-ever "spend commitment" — is the kind of win President Trump has been looking for with his push to move manufacturing back to the U.