Apple ships first US-made AI servers to Arizona, other markets
Story Highlights
- Apple’s 250,000-square-foot Houston factory begins shipping US-made servers to Arizona, other states
- The company plans to continue expanding the facility to increase production next year
- Apple’s Texas partner is Foxconn, which is investing $450 million in Houston AI server production
A tech giant’s Houston factory has begun shipping American-made servers to destinations in Arizona and across the country.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) said Oct. 23 that its advanced manufacturing facility is now shipping the servers out — only a few months after CEO Tim Cook said the plant had produced its first test unit and less than a year after the 250,000-square-foot factory was announced in February.
“We’re thrilled to be shipping American-made advanced servers from our Houston facility,” Apple Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan said in a statement. “As part of our $600 billion commitment to the United States, these servers will be installed in our data centers and play a key role in powering Apple Intelligence with Private Cloud Compute. Our teams have done an incredible job accelerating work to get the new Houston factory up and running ahead of schedule and we plan to continue expanding the facility to increase production next year.”
A source familiar with Apple’s local operations told the Houston Business Journal that the server units will be used in Apple data centers across the country, including in Mesa, Arizona, and Maiden, North Carolina.