Apple to hire 20,000 new workers and spend $500bn in US 

Firm which employees 6,000 people in Cork plans AI focus in US amid Trump tariff threat

Apple said that it will hire 20,000 new workers and produce AI servers in the US. Apple ceo Tim Cook met with US President Donald Trump earlier this month. (Picture: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Apple said that it will hire 20,000 new workers and produce AI servers in the US, as it seeks relief from US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on goods imported from China.

The company, which employees 6,000 people in Cork city, said on Monday that it plans to spend $500bn (€477bn) in the over the next four years, which will include work on a new server manufacturing facility in Houston, a supplier academy in Michigan, and additional spending with its existing US suppliers. The disclosure comes days after Trump and Apple chief executive Tim Cook met in the Oval Office.