Apple said on Tuesday that it will shift some of its production of its Mac Mini desktop computer from the U.S. to Asia with a new manufacturing effort at its Houston facility.
The Houston facility is set to be expanded by including a new training center for advanced manufacturing, and said its operations will create thousands of jobs. This is Apple’s latest U.S. investment, with its last one announced in August 2025 to invest $600 billion in the U.S. over the next four years.
This also comes after President Donald Trump had threatened Apple with a 25% tariff on products manufactured overseas, a significant reversal from earlier policy when his administration had exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from rounds of tariffs on Chinese imports.
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The company’s latest announcement comes amid renewed uncertainty around tariffs. The United States has imposed a new tariff of 10% on all goods not covered by exemptions, the rate first announced by Trump on Friday after the Supreme Court struck down the duties he imposed last year, rather than the 15% he promised a day later.
“Apple is deeply committed to the future of American manufacturing,” said Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Apple had started making AI servers in Houston last year, and the company has said production was ahead of schedule.
The Mac Mini is the cheapest computer in Apple’s lineup of Mac devices, starting at $599. According to Bloomberg, it is one of one of the company’s “lower-volume products” as it sells fewer units compared to the popular MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops and iMac all-in-one desktop computers. However, there has been a renewed interest in the product with its high-speed memory that allows users to run AI models locally.
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Mac Minis have been one of the recommended devices for deploying the viral agent OpenClaw (formerly known as Clawdbot).
According to Reuters, Apple has a mixed record when it comes to following through on investment promises. For instance, in 2019, Cook toured a Texas factory with Trump that was promoted as a new manufacturing site. However, the facility had been producing Apple computers since 2013 and Apple has since moved that production to Thailand.
Apple continues to manufacture most of its products, including iPhones and iPads, in Asia, primarily in China, although it has shifted some production to Vietnam, Thailand and India in recent years.
The news comes on the heels of Amazon announcing its $12 billion data center buildout in Louisana.