Apple is moving part of its Mac mini production to Houston to boost domestic manufacturing and support its growing artificial intelligence infrastructure, with new facilities creating thousands of jobs and training opportunities in Texas.
Apple is moving part of its Mac mini production to Houston as it broadens its US manufacturing push and answers White House pressure to bring more technology work onshore. The company said it will start assembling the compact desktop later this year at a new facility in Texas, alongside advanced AI servers used in its American data centres.
The step matters because the Mac mini has become unexpectedly important in the artificial intelligence boom. Developers have increasingly used the small, relatively low-cost machine as a local device for running AI agents, and some retail stock has reportedly tightened as demand has risen. Apple is also using the Houston site to build servers for its own AI infrastructure, which links the move directly to the company’s wider push into on-device and cloud-based AI.
According to Apple’s announcement, the Houston operation will include a new Advanced Manufacturing Centre designed to train students, suppliers and smaller businesses in manufacturing methods. Apple also said the investment will support thousands of jobs. The company has framed the project as part of a broader commitment to expand domestic production, while Foxconn is understood to be handling the manufacturing build-out and lease commitments for the site.
The Texas expansion also fits a larger pattern. Apple has already agreed to buy wafers from TSMC’s Arizona plant, struck a deal involving Intel’s US-based chip production and committed to buying more American-made semiconductors from Broadcom. Last year, Tim Cook told Donald Trump at the White House that Apple would invest $600 billion in the US over four years. The Houston event was also one of Cook’s last major public appearances before he steps aside as chief executive next month and becomes executive chairman, with hardware chief John Ternus set to succeed him.
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