Local authorities have authorized Apple supplier Foxconn to start building its new factory in Bengaluru, India.
The final plan describes a project that is more expensive and offers fewer jobs than originally predicted.
Foxconn announced earlier this month that it plans to build a new iPhone assembly facility in Bengaluru, the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.
- The facility was projected to cost $700M and provide 100,000 new jobs.
- Official documents seen by the Times of India describe a facility that is projected to cost $968M and provide about 50,000 new jobs.
- Foxconn still plans to construct the plant near Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport.
- Apple has been pressuring its suppliers to move their operations out of China amid rising tensions between Washington and Beijing.
- Apple and Foxconn recently lobbied for Karnataka to change its labor laws to allow for double-shift production processes.
Kazuyoshi Yoshinaga, deputy chairman of AirPod maker GoerTek Inc., told Bloomberg that 90% of Apple's top Chinese suppliers may be preparing large-scale moves to India and other countries amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington.
