Apple to build Mac mini computers in US

Company made commitment to shift more manufacturing from Asia to US

Apple CEO Tim Cook. Apple on Tuesday said it will start building Mac mini desktop computers in Houston later this year, part of a push to do more manufacturing in the US. Picture: AP Photo/Jeff Chiu

Apple on Tuesday said it will start building Mac mini desktop computers in Houston later this year, part of a push to do more manufacturing in the US.

The company said the assembly would take place at the same site where it last year began producing servers for use in data centres to power its artificial intelligence features. As part of the latest announcement, the company said AI server production would also expand and that it’ll open a 20,000-square-foot facility for manufacturing training.