Apple supplier Foxconn to invest $500 million in Telangana

The investment will create 25,000 jobs in the first phase, K. T. Rama Rao said in a tweet.

Apple Inc supplier Foxconn will invest $500 million to set up manufacturing plants in the southern Indian state of Telangana, the state's IT minister said on Monday.

Telangana CM Chandrashekar Rao along with Foxconn Chairman Young Liu receiving official documents related to the company's investment in the state. (Twitter/KTR)

The investment will create 25,000 jobs in the first phase, K. T. Rama Rao said in a tweet.

Reuters in March reported that Foxconn had won an order to make AirPods for Apple and planned to build a factory in India to manufacture the products.

Apple has been shifting production away from China, where prior COVID restrictions disrupted the manufacturing of new iPhones and other devices. The tech company is also looking to avoid a hit to its business due to tensions between Beijing and Washington.

Foxconn in late March received approval from the Karnataka government for a $968 million investment in the state.