Apple will build corporate campus in North Carolina, boost U.S. spending by billions Updated 9:20 AM; Today 9:20 AM Apple has engineering offices in Portland, Washington County and Vancouver, and a large data center in Prineville. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP Facebook Share RALEIGH, N.C. — Apple is expanding spending in the U.S. and announced plans Monday to build its first East Coast campus, in North Carolina. The iPhone maker is boosting U.S. spending to $430 billion over the next five years and doubling its hiring plans by 20,000 jobs. It had said it would spend $350 billion in January 2018, just after Congress approved a big tax overhaul that cut corporate taxes.