On 17 January 2024, Apple revealed its plans to expand in India. The company is ready to set up a new office in Minsk Square, Bangalore.
A new 15-story office building is being built, which will have space for 1200 employees. The office will have labs, a Caffe Macs, and areas for teamwork and well-being. The interiors will be fashioned using local materials such as stone and wood. There will be fabric for walls and floors, and it will have lots of native plants.
The office is designed to save energy and will run completely on renewable energy, aiming for the highest LEED certification. Apple has been carbon neutral since 2020 and has used 100 per cent renewable energy in all its facilities since 2018.
Apple recently opened two stores in India, and now this new office will be added to its existing offices in Bengaluru, Gurugram, Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Apple employs around 3,000 people in India, and their collaboration with Indian suppliers supports hundreds of thousands of jobs nationwide.
Apple mainly puts together iPhones in India using contract manufacturers. But now, it plans to expand and also assemble iPads and AirPods. Currently, Foxconn, Pegatron and Wistron are the three companies in India that put together iPhones for Apple.
The company said that Bangalore has already become a hub for the company’s talented team, including operations, IT services, support services and consulting software and hardware engineers.
