iGiant also ramping US chip and AI server production

Your next Mac might be made in the US of A. Apple this week revealed plans to manufacture its most affordable Macintosh computer at a new Foxconn facility in Texas.

The saying goes that everything is bigger in Texas, except where it concerns Apple, which expects to begin Mac Mini production at a 220,000 square foot facility in Houston later this year.

The deal comes a year to the day after Apple pledged to invest $500 billion in US manufacturing and hire 20,000 Americans before the end of the decade. Apple later increased its commitment to $600 billion.

These investments included the production of some Apple Silicon processors at TSMC's Arizona chip fabs, along with a new AI server factory built in collaboration with Foxconn to produce AI servers for the company's Apple Intelligence services and integrations. Apple says that it's on track to purchase ...