Apple had been given , but it was still awaiting approval of additional incentives from Travis County officials who have between $5.4 million and $6.4 million in real estate related incentives on offer. These deliberations are still on-going, and Apple is reported to be getting frustrated by the delays.

The Statesman reports that Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce senior VP for economic development Dave Porter said that . Porter said: "This deal is not done. It remains in peril. And Apple is frustrated."

Porter said: "We were disappointed (the deal) wasn't finalised this past Tuesday, but we were hopeful this next Tuesday that Apple and the county can complete the negotiation process and have that behind us. We remain hopeful that will take place and there will be a positive vote on Tuesday."

Attorney and former Travis County judge Bill Aleshire is less positive. He accused Apple of "rigging" the contract. According to The Statesman, Aleshire said Apple "had it rigged so they could not comply with the contract yet end up with county staff basically renegotiating the terms that they would have to comply with. I just thought that was a major flaw. It showed up in several ways in several places."

The $304 million, 1 million square feet, campus is set to become the company's main Americas Operations Centre. The new 3,600 new jobs will mostly be administrative, help-desk positions. If the deal goes through, Apple will begin construction of new facilities in 2012 with hiring beginning by 2016. The company already .