February 24, 2026
PRESS RELEASE
Apple accelerates U.S. manufacturing, with Mac mini manufacturing coming later this yr
Mac mini shall be made at a brand new facility in Houston, and a soon-to-be-launched coaching middle will help superior manufacturing abilities improvement
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple immediately introduced a major growth of manufacturing facility operations in Houston, bringing the long run manufacturing of Mac mini to the U.S. for the primary time. The corporate may also develop superior AI server manufacturing on the manufacturing facility and supply hands-on coaching at its new Superior Manufacturing Heart starting later this yr. Altogether, Apple’s Houston operations will create hundreds of jobs.
“Apple is deeply dedicated to the way forward for American manufacturing, and we’re proud to considerably develop our footprint in Houston with the manufacturing of Mac mini beginning later this yr,” stated Tim Cook dinner, Apple’s CEO. “We started transport superior AI servers from Houston forward of schedule, and we’re excited to speed up that work even additional.”
For greater than 20 years, customers all over the world have relied on the extremely in style Mac mini for the great energy it packs into its ultra-compact design. With its next-level AI capabilities, it has turn into a vital device for everybody from college students and aspiring creatives to small enterprise homeowners. Starting later this yr, Mac mini shall be produced at a brand new manufacturing facility on Apple’s Houston manufacturing web site, doubling the campus’s footprint.
Apple started producing superior AI servers in Houston in 2025 for the primary time, and manufacturing is already forward of schedule. Servers assembled in Houston — together with logic boards produced onsite — are utilized in Apple information facilities across the nation.
Past manufacturing, Apple is investing within the workforce that can drive American manufacturing ahead. Later this yr, Apple’s 20,000-square-foot Superior Manufacturing Heart is scheduled to open its doorways in Houston. Presently below building, the devoted facility will present hands-on coaching in superior manufacturing strategies to college students, provider staff, and American companies of all sizes. Apple specialists will train contributors the identical progressive processes which are used to make Apple merchandise, permitting American producers to take their work to the subsequent degree.
Since asserting its $600 billion dedication to the U.S. final yr, Apple and its American Manufacturing Program companions have already reached a number of milestones:
- Apple exceeded its goal and sourced greater than 20 billion U.S.-made chips from 24 factories throughout 12 states, together with these of companions like TSMC, Broadcom, and Texas Devices.
- GlobalWafers has begun manufacturing at its new $4 billion naked silicon wafer facility in Sherman, Texas. At Apple’s path, wafers produced in Sherman shall be utilized by Apple’s chip manufacturing companions within the U.S., together with TSMC and Texas Devices.
- Supported by Apple’s funding, Amkor broke floor on its new $7 billion semiconductor superior packaging and take a look at facility in Peoria, Arizona, the place Apple would be the first and largest buyer.
- Corning’s Harrodsburg, Kentucky, facility is now one hundred pc devoted to cowl glass for iPhone and Apple Watch shipped globally, and by the tip of this yr, each new iPhone and Apple Watch can have cowl glass made within the state.
- In 2026, Apple is on monitor to buy nicely over 100 million superior chips produced by TSMC at its Arizona facility — a major enhance from 2025.
- Apple opened its Apple Manufacturing Academy in Detroit, which is already supporting greater than 130 small- and medium-sized American producers with hands-on coaching in AI, automation, and sensible manufacturing. The academy not too long ago expanded with new digital programming, giving companies throughout the nation on-demand entry to the curriculum developed by Apple specialists and Michigan State College college.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private know-how with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. At present, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, AirPods, Apple Watch, and Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional. Apple’s six software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, visionOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple units and empower individuals with breakthrough providers together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV. Apple’s greater than 150,000 staff are devoted to creating the most effective merchandise on earth and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
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