Overview
- Apple COO Sabih Khan told The Wall Street Journal the Mac mini will enter U.S. production later this year as part of the multiyear domestic investment program.
- Foxconn will run the Houston operation, which reportedly includes one hall for Apple data-center AI servers and another for Mac mini assembly.
- Units built in Texas are intended to serve the U.S. market while Mac mini production in Asia continues to supply other regions.
- Apple has not disclosed output targets or the share of U.S.-assembled units, and it has maintained that high-volume products like the iPhone are unlikely to move to U.S. lines due to cost.
- The shift follows renewed White House pressure and a threatened 25% tariff on overseas-made devices, with Apple betting on steady Mac mini demand since the M4 generation.