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`Austin Apple campus: New $1 billion facility will add 5,000 employees
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`TECH
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`Apple announces plan to build new $1 billion
`campus in Austin
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`Ben Tobin
`USA TODAY
`Published 4:46 a.m. ET Dec. 13, 2018 Updated 10:05 a.m. ET Dec. 14, 2018
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`Amazon isn't the only major tech company expanding past the West Coast.
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`Apple plans to build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, the company announced Thursday. The
`133-acre campus – which is located less than a mile from existing facilities – will bring in 5,000
`additional employees working in a broad range of tasks, such as engineering, sales and customer
`support.
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`The move is expected to make Apple the largest private employer in Austin, according to the
`company.
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`“Apple and Austin share a creative spark and a commitment to getting big things done," Austin
`Mayor Steve Adler said in a statement. "We share their commitment to diversity and inclusion.
`We’re excited they are bringing more middle-skilled jobs to the area."
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`Apple's expansion does not just stop in the Lone Star State. The company also plans to establish
`smaller sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California.
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`Beyond that, the company wants to establish similar locations in Pittsburgh, New York and Boulder,
`Colorado, over the next three years, with the "potential for additional expansion" in other places
`over time.
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`“Talent, creativity and tomorrow’s breakthrough ideas aren’t limited by region or zip code," Apple
`CEO Tim Cook said in a statement, "and, with this new expansion, we’re redoubling our
`commitment to cultivating the high-tech sector and workforce nationwide.”
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`The move follows Amazon's announcement last month to establish new headquarters in Long Island
`City, Queens, and Arlington, Virginia, after a 14-month search. Each site will get 25,000 jobs.
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`Follow USA TODAY intern Ben Tobin on Twitter: @TobinBen
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