Apple has announced that Mac Mini production will move to the United States for the first time, with manufacturing set to begin later this year at a new factory on the company’s existing Houston campus in Texas.
The move positions the Mac Mini within a broader domestic manufacturing push that Apple has accelerated since committing $600 billion to US operations.
Houston’s Apple campus will double in footprint to accommodate the new Mac factory, which sits alongside an existing advanced AI server production facility that Apple began operating in 2025 and describes as running ahead of its original schedule.
The AI servers assembled in Houston, including logic boards produced on site, feed directly into Apple data centres across the United States. This supply chain arrangement pre-dates the Mac mini announcement and establishes the campus as an active production hub rather than a symbolic investment.
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Beyond hardware production, Apple will open a 20,000-square-foot Advanced Manufacturing Center on the Houston site later this year, offering hands-on training in advanced manufacturing techniques to students, supplier employees, and businesses of varying sizes.
Apple has sourced more than 20 billion US-made chips from 24 factories across 12 states as part of its American Manufacturing Program, with partners including TSMC, Broadcom, and Texas Instruments contributing to a domestic semiconductor supply chain that extends well beyond final assembly.
TSMC’s Arizona facility will supply well over 100 million advanced chips to Apple in 2026, a significant increase from 2025 volumes, while Corning’s Harrodsburg, Kentucky plant now dedicates its entire output to cover glass for iPhone and Apple Watch shipped globally.
Amkor has broken ground on a $7 billion semiconductor packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona, where Apple will be the first and largest customer, and GlobalWafers has begun production at a $4 billion bare silicon wafer plant in Sherman, Texas, with output directed toward Apple’s US chip manufacturing partners.
Apple has not confirmed a specific launch window for US-produced Mac mini units beyond “later this year,” with pricing and availability details expected to follow as the Houston factory completes construction.
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