Apple spent under nine months building the Houston plant that will make the first US Mac mini

Apple opened a training center in its new Houston factory on Wednesday. The same site will begin assembling Mac mini computers by the end of 2026.

The factory has been shipping AI servers for months. Apple’s production methods are available free to small manufacturers.

Apple ships AI servers and Mac mini next

It took Apple less than nine months to go from picking the Houston site to running a working plant.

“In less than nine months, we have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into this Houston facility. We stood up a factory, started production, and shipped the first advanced AI servers off the line,” said Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook.

During Apple’s August 13 announcement, he said the production of the Mac mini will begin “later this year.”

The new site is called the Advanced Manufacturing Center. It occupies 20,000 square feet of the Houston plant.

It provides free sessions to small and medium-sized businesses on the techniques Apple uses in its own lines, from machine-learning quality checks to sophisticated automation.

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