"As a North-Carolina native, I'm thrilled Apple is expanding and creating new long-term job opportunities in the community I grew up in," Jeff Williams, Apple's chief operating officer, said in a statement.
"We're proud that this new investment will also be supporting education and critical infrastructure projects across the state."
West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito, ranking Republican on the Senate energy panel, said she is concerned that Biden's National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy will have more control over policy than the EPA.
Trump, who frequently downplayed the severity of the pandemic and feuded with top US public health officials, was hospitalized in October after testing positive for COVID-19.