IBM announced Monday that it would invest $150 billion in US manufacturing to “fuel the economy.”
The investment includes more than $30 billion spent on research and development to enable the computing giant to continue manufacturing mainframes and quantum computers in the United States.
“Technology doesn’t just build the future, it’s not just defining it,” IBM Chairman, President and CEO Arvind Krishna said in a statement Monday. “We have focused on American employment and manufacturing since our founding 114 years ago. This investment and manufacturing commitment ensures that IBM will remain the epicenter of the world’s most advanced computing and AI capabilities.”
IBM’s mainframe is manufactured at Poughkeepsie in New York.
Investment will arise as President Trump implements a drastic tariff system aimed at encouraging it Companies expanding manufacturing The US footprint is not directly cited tariffs as a motivational factor by all companies that promise to expand in the US, but the White House promotes corporate commitments such as victory.
For example, the White House celebrates the plan of pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson, which will invest $55 billion in US manufacturing, calling it “President Donald J. Trump’s relentless pursuit of control of American manufacturing.”
Technology leaders Apple and Nvidia have also announced significant commitments to expand US manufacturing capacity. The iPhone maker said in February it was working to increase employment at factories in Arizona, California, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Texas and Washington, which spent more than $500 billion on growing U.S. manufacturing facilities.
Apple is also planning to build a new 250,000-square-foot factory in Houston, and builds AI, the power of Apple Intelligence.
In April, American chip maker Nvidia began manufacturing chip and AI supercomputers in the United States, saying it would “strengthen the supply chain and increase resilience.”
