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Updated · The Colorado Sun · Jul 8
Apple Commits $1.5 Billion to Broadcom's Fort Collins Plant for 15 Billion Chips
Updated
Updated · The Colorado Sun · Jul 8

Apple Commits $1.5 Billion to Broadcom's Fort Collins Plant for 15 Billion Chips

3 articles · Updated · The Colorado Sun · Jul 8

Summary

  • $1.5 billion from Apple will flow to Broadcom's Fort Collins semiconductor plant under a multiyear manufacturing deal expected to exceed $30 billion and produce 15 billion wireless chips.
  • Apple said the components are critical to smartphone and wireless-device performance, making the investment its largest under the American Manufacturing Program and potentially adding hundreds of local jobs.
  • Broadcom already employs nearly 1,600 people in Fort Collins, where the site has supplied Apple for years and was backed by another multibillion 5G component deal in 2023.
  • Fort Collins officials said the agreement could lift tax revenue and possibly spur plant expansion, though no physical expansion has been confirmed.

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