Apple opens new advanced manufacturing facility in Houston

Apple opened a new advanced manufacturing facility in Houston, deepening its U.S. onshoring push and reinforcing its $600 billion domestic investment plan. The site is already producing AI servers and will begin Mac mini production later this year, making it a visible example of Apple shifting more supply-chain activity out of China and into the U.S. The move is strategically important because the Mac mini is increasingly tied to Apple’s AI ambitions and helped drive record Mac sales last quarter. The facility also highlights Apple’s dependence on a trained domestic workforce and the broader policy relationship between the company and Washington, with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Tim Cook appearing together at the launch. The announcement is bullish for Apple’s long-term operational resilience and U.S. manufacturing narrative, though near-term production scale, jobs, and the share of Mac mini output made in the U.S. were not disclosed.