Apple expands investments into Texas Instruments’ Utah plant

LEHI, Utah (ABC4) — Apple announced today that it will be investing an additional $100 billion into American manufacturing. Some of that investment will benefit Texas Instruments’ manufacturing plant in Lehi.

On August 6, 2025, Apple announced that they would commit $100 billion, in addition to previous commitments of $500 billion investments, into several companies across America. This investment is part of their new American Manufacturing Program which will reportedly support American manufacturers of silicon chips and other parts used in iPhones.

“We’re committed to supporting U.S. suppliers involved in every key stage of the chip-making process — from the earliest stages of research and development to final fabrication and packaging. We want America to lead in this critical industry, and we’re expanding our efforts to grow a silicon manufacturing ecosystem that will benefit innovators across America,” Sabih Khan, Apple’s chief operating officer, said.

On Wednesday, August 6, 2025, President Trump said he would be imposing a 100% tariff on imported computer chips and semiconductors. For any computer chips or superconductors produced in America, there will be no charge.

Apple has also partnered with multiple companies across the United States in order to increase their capability to manufacture semiconductors, glass, and silicon chips domestically. One of the companies they are partnering with is Texas Instruments.

According to Apple, this new partnership will focus on Texas Instrument’s facility in Lehi, Utah, which “will manufacture critical foundational semiconductors used for Apple products, including iPhone devices shipped in the U.S. and around the world.”

Lehi Plant

In 2022, Texas Instruments began production of semiconductor wafer chips at their ‘LFAB1’ plant in Lehi, Utah. In 2023, they broke ground on a second wafer fabrication plant in Lehi.

The second fabrication plant, “LFAB2,” will reportedly allow Texas Instruments to produce 10s of millions of chips daily. President and chief executive officer, Haviv Ilan, says, “At TI, our passion is to create a better world by making electronics more affordable through semiconductors. We are proud to be a growing member of the Utah community, and to manufacture analog and embedded processing semiconductors that are vital for nearly every type of electronic system today.”

Texas Instruments previously announced that they would be investing $11 billion in their Utah market, and that this new plant would “create approximately 800 additional TI jobs as well as thousands of indirect jobs, with first production available as early as 2026.”

In March of 2025, ABC4 reached out to Texas Instruments after receiving a tip about alleged layoffs. A TI spokesperson provided this statement, “Texas Instruments made some organizational changes at our site in Lehi to ensure we are positioned to efficiently support our long-term operational plans.

Utah continues to be an important part of our manufacturing footprint and company strategy, as we build the geopolitically dependable capacity our customers will need for decades to come. Our long-term commitment to Utah, which includes building another fab in Lehi, remains unchanged.”