Houston, Aug. 14 -- Apple opened its new Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston on Thursday and confirmed that it will begin manufacturing the Mac mini at the site later this year.

According to Apple, the 20,000-square-foot facility operates as the company's second manufacturing learning site in the United States. It is situated inside the existing Houston plant that builds and ships Apple's advanced artificial intelligence servers. The center provides free educational programming and training sessions to small- and medium-sized businesses, granting them access to production tools, interactive labs, and equipment.

Tim Cook, CEO, Apple said on X, "Our Advanced Manufacturing Center in Houston is now open & we will begin manufacturing Ma...