First phase of Apple's new $300M Austin, TX campus nears completion

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Apple is reportedly set to begin moving into its new "Americas Operations Center" in Texas's capital city after spending just over $27 million on the project's initial stage.

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Apple's new Austin, Texas campus nears completion | Source: Austin Business Journal


Austin city officials have issued certificates of occupancy for two new buildings at the site, according to a report with photos from the Austin Business Journal. The structures provide some 290,000 square feet of office space, just over a fourth of the 1 million square feet the campus will eventually contain.

Construction has moved swiftly since AppleInsider detailed the project's progress last October. A central plaza linking the new buildings is complete, and workers appear to be installing final touches like vehicle-stopping bollards.

First announced in 2012, the Austin campus is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2021 at a cost of $304 million. Apple has said that it intends to nearly double its current Austin headcount to 3,600 employees once the new facility is complete.

In addition to the Austin project, Apple is in the process of expanding its European headquarters in Ireland to accommodate 500 new workers. The company is also preparing to begin construction on its new, $5 billion "spaceship" corporate headquarters in Cupertino.
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  • Reply 1 of 23
    Looks nice! Go %uF8FF!
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  • Reply 2 of 23
    irelandireland Posts: 17,802member
    [QUOTE]In addition to the Austin project, Apple is in the process of expanding its European headquarters in Ireland to accommodate 500 new workers.[/QUOTE]

    And Apple Store? Amirite?
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  • Reply 3 of 23
    It looks to be occupied now. There are cars parked in the adjacent garage.
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  • Reply 4 of 23
    asdasdasdasd Posts: 5,686member
    What do they do in Austin. Not software afaik.
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  • Reply 5 of 23

    Call Center - 

     

    I am "Joint Venture" - special business customer.   Most assistance calls from Austin - 

     

    By the way - highly recommend JV - worth the money - private lessons anytime (I get them downstairs in an amazing room at Santa Monica store).

     

    Treated like Royalty - no lines EVER 

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  • Reply 6 of 23
    asdasdasdasd Posts: 5,686member
    I see. I looked to see if they had any software openings outside California. Jesus wept the number of open positions is astounding. Have people called in rich? 100 jobs were posted on feb 4th. Another 60 on feb 4th. 600 in all. Nuts.

    Where will they all fit.
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  • Reply 7 of 23

    They just need a backup for when The Big One hits California and wipes out Infinite Loop.

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  • Reply 8 of 23
    rot'napplerot'napple Posts: 1,839member
    While note expecting to see it stamped all over the place in any of the images provided, not even one Apple logo...
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  • Reply 9 of 23
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,928member
    What a waste of money. That cash should have funded the increased buy back and / or returned to shareholders!
    /s
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  • Reply 10 of 23
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    What do they do in Austin. Not software afaik.

    They do design in Austin + call center/forums, etc. The Mac Pro as well.

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  • Reply 11 of 23
    macxpressmacxpress Posts: 6,006member
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by asdasd View Post



    What do they do in Austin. Not software afaik.

     

    I know AppleCare is located in Austin, Texas. I know there are other things at Apple located there as well, such as sales reps and such for education. 

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  • Reply 12 of 23
    flaneurflaneur Posts: 4,526member
    They just need a backup for when The Big One hits California and wipes out Infinite Loop.

    Yeah i'm hoping they get the new headquarters finished before The Big One hits.

    Now that I think about it, lighting up that torus will probably get extraterrestrials to finally intervene and help us out.
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  • Reply 13 of 23
    apple ][apple ][ Posts: 9,233member

    2021?

     

    I wonder where AAPL will be at in 2021. Anybody brave enough to take a guess?

     

    According to my simple calculation and my guess, I'm going to say $ 2750.00, not taking into consideration any eventual splits.

     

    We'll see who's right and on the money in seven years!

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  • Reply 14 of 23
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    2021?

     

    I wonder where AAPL will be at in 2021. Anybody brave enough to take a guess?

     

    According to my simple calculation and my guess, I'm going to say $ 2750.00, not taking into consideration any eventual splits.

     

    We'll see who's right and on the money in seven years!


     

    That's a fair guesstimate, but I will raise it to $3521.13 by then they will be selling robots, an assortment of wearable devices, digital wallets will have surpassed cash and credit cards, fabrication machines maybe, hell, perhaps even an Apple TV!

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  • Reply 15 of 23
    They should have designed a smaller version of the Cupertino mothership that could have been built in Austin and in Ireland and anywhere else they have corporate offices.
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    freerangefreerange Posts: 1,597member
    Completed by 2021? That can't be right!
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  • Reply 17 of 23
    fracfrac Posts: 480member
    flaneur wrote: »
    They just need a backup for when The Big One hits California and wipes out Infinite Loop.

    Yeah i'm hoping they get the new headquarters finished before The Big One hits.

    Now that I think about it, lighting up that torus will probably get extraterrestrials to finally intervene and help us out.

    Safe to say, ARUP should have The Big One covered...some of their work is already well 'out there'.
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  • Reply 18 of 23
    The previous space was rented. The added spaced is owned. Austin real estate is likely considerably cheaper than Cupertino real estate. It seems to me that this does benefit shareholders through creating property equity instead of paying only rent. Granted, lower cash flow but higher net worth (renting vs. owning).

    Apple Austin is support, sales, finance, and operations, mainly. Some hardware engineering at a different location.
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  • Reply 19 of 23
    They just need a backup for when The Big One hits California and wipes out Infinite Loop.

    As an ignorant non-American, may I ask what 'The Big One' refers to? A hurricane?
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  • Reply 20 of 23
    jungmarkjungmark Posts: 6,928member
    As an ignorant non-American, may I ask what 'The Big One' refers to? A hurricane?

    Earthquake.
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