Apple will start making Mac minis in the US

Source: Engadget

Apple will start manufacturing Mac minis for the U.S. market later this year. The company toured its Houston facility with The Wall Street Journal, where Foxconn is also building servers for Apple Intelligence, and was shown an empty warehouse that Apple plans to convert into a 220,000 sq ft plant for producing the compact desktop computers.

The move is part of Apple’s pledge to spend $500 billion in the United States over the next four years. The pledge followed former President Trump’s meeting with Tim Cook, during which the company said it was expanding U.S. investments to avoid tariffs. Earlier, under the Biden administration in 2021, Apple committed to invest $430 billion domestically over five years.

Apple previously manufactured Mac Pros in a Texas facility, but output there has declined in recent years. Sabih Khan, Apple’s COO, told the Journal that the company is confident in the long‑term demand for the Mac mini. Although the Mac mini represents a small share of Apple’s overall sales, it is a more feasible product to bring to U.S. production than higher‑volume items like the iPhone, whose supply chain is deeply entrenched in China.

Khan indicated that the Houston plant will initially meet local demand as production ramps up, suggesting a modest start. Apple will continue to manufacture Mac mini units in Asia for the rest of the world.

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