Overview
- Apple confirmed that limited Mac mini assembly will start at a Houston facility operated by Foxconn, with units built there primarily for the U.S. market while production for other regions continues in Asia.
- The Houston campus will expand output of Apple’s AI servers, which began shipping from the site in 2025 with logic boards produced onsite for deployment in U.S. data centers.
- Apple will open a 20,000‑square‑foot Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston later this year to provide hands-on training in production techniques to students, suppliers, and U.S. businesses.
- The company says the expanded Houston operations will create thousands of jobs and will double the manufacturing site’s footprint as Mac mini production comes online.
- Apple frames the move as supply-chain diversification for a niche, lower-volume product, and outlets note the announcement’s timing alongside tariff pressures and high-profile political events.