Apple expands operations in Austin, builds new campus

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Apple has plans to further expand its operations in Austin, Texas—with it comes plans to invest US$1 billion to build a new campus in North Austin. The 133-acre campus will accommodate an initial addition of 5,000 employees but with the capacity to accommodate up to 15,000—making Apple the largest private employer in Austin. Apple will be creating new jobs in the area with functions ranging from engineering, R&D, operations, sales, customer support, to finance. At 6,200 people, Austin is already considered to have the largest population of Apple employees outside of Cupertino. The company added 6,000 jobs in the US this year and now employs 90,000 people across America. Apple is on track to meet its goal of creating 20,000 jobs in the US by 2023.

Apple plans to grow its employee base in regions across the US over the next three years, expanding to over 1,000 employees in Seattle, San Diego, and Culver City each, and adding hundreds of new jobs in Pittsburgh, New York, Boulder, Boston, and Portland, Oregon. The company also plans to invest US$10 billion in US data centers over the next five years. The data centers in North Carolina, Arizona, and Nevada are currently being expanded.

The latest look at the Apple Campus 2

A new drone flyover video from Emory Peterson and aerial photography company Above Reno shows us how far the new “Apple Campus 2” is progressing. Shot in 4K over Labor Day weekend, it shows how much progress has been made so far in building Campus 2. It’s scheduled to be completed by late 2016.

Aside from having the circular structure at the heart of the campus, this new facility will house 300,000 square foot of R&D facilities, a 1,000-seat auditorium, a parking structure, and other building surrounding the main structure. Apple plans to move around 13,000 of its employees to the new campus. You can keep track of the construction’s progress in the timeline here.

Source: 9to5Mac