Apple Will Expand in Austin with New Campus

Apple announced the start of construction on its new campus in Austin, Texas, as part of its broad expansion in the city. The investment in the new campus will be around $1 billion. It will cover 3-million-square-foot area and will initially house 5,000 employees, with the capacity to grow to 15,000. The new campus is expected to open in 2022. At a production facility just a short distance away, the company is preparing to ship the all-new Mac Pro to customers starting December.

“Building the Mac Pro in Austin is both a point of pride and a testament to the enduring power of American ingenuity,“ said Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO. “With the construction of our new campus in Austin now underway, the company is deepening our close bond with the city and the talented and diverse workforce that calls it home. Responsible for 2.4 million American jobs and counting, Apple is eager to write our next chapter here and to keep contributing to America’s innovation story.“

Mac Pro units are now in production in Austin and will soon ship to customers across the Americas. The 244,000-square-foot Mac Pro facility employs more than 500 people in a range of roles, including electrical engineers and electronics assemblers, who build each unique unit to customers’ specifications.

Apple’s growth in Austin is part of the company’s nationwide expansion, announced in January 2018, to increase its investment in manufacturing, engineering and other jobs across the US. The company is on track to contribute $350 billion to the US economy between 2018 and 2023, and during that time will hire an additional 20,000 employees in cities across the country.