Apple’s $1 Billion North Carolina Building Could Spur Corporate Diversity Apple﻿AAPL﻿ has promised to add 20,000 U.S. jobs by 2026, with at least 3,000 of those jobs being in Raleigh, North Carolina. Apple is dropping more than $1 billion to build its East Coast Headquarters, so will the tech behemoth finally be able to recruit more diverse talent?