Apple will soon manufacture (some) Mac Minis in the US

Apple is preparing to move some of its products Mac mini production to the United States as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to satisfy the Trump administration’s push for domestic investment. Manufacturing is scheduled to begin later this year in North Houston, Texas, at the Foxconn facility that currently assembles Apple’s AI servers.

“Apple is deeply committed to the future of American manufacturing, and we are proud to significantly expand our footprint in Houston with the start of Mac Mini production later this year,” Apple CEO said. Tim Cook said in the ad. “We have begun shipping advanced AI servers from Houston ahead of schedule, and we are excited to accelerate this work even further.”

The development is part of Apple’s plans for Investing $600 billion in the United States over the next four years, a commitment it made after President Donald Trump He threatened To impose a 25% tariff on products manufactured by Apple abroad. However, most of this $600 billion in spending is not related to expanding domestic production.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journalchief operating officer of Apple Subih Khan said The goal is to expand US production of the Mac Mini to meet domestic demand, but the company will continue to manufacture thousands of desktop computers in Asia. Apple is starting to build some of them Mac Pro Computers in AustinTexas, in 2013, but Khan points out that production at that facility has dwindled since then due to lower demand.

While the Mac Mini is Apple’s least expensive desktop computer, it accounts for less than 1% of the company’s total sales, and less than 5% of global Mac sales, according to estimates from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners. Khan said Apple is optimistic about expanding Mac Mini production to Houston because demand is higher and more reliable compared to the Mac Pro. Both are just a small portion of the 240 million iPhones the company sells each year, and Apple currently has no plans to move iPhone production from Asia to the United States.