Apple will build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, break ground on smaller locations in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California, and over the next three years will expand in Pittsburgh, New York and Colorado. The tech giant said Thursday that the new campus in Austin, less than a mile from existing Apple facilities, will open with 5,000 positions in engineering, research and development, operations, finance, sales and customer support. Where U.S. companies open new facilities or plants has always had the potential for public and political backlash. There are already 6,000 Apple employees in Austin, its largest operation outside of company headquarters in Cupertino, California, where 37,000 people are employed. Cities vie for tech hubsApple said nearly a year ago that it would begin canvassing the U.S. for another campus.

Source: CBC News December 13, 2018 16:07 UTC