How Apple is Investing in US Manufacturing Sites

In 2025, Apple announced a US$100bn investment in the US, including the American Manufacturing Program, amid a wider investment in the US totalling US$600bn over the next four years. 

Key investments include expanding operations in Houston and Kentucky. At a manufacturing site in Kentucky, the Mac mini will now be produced in the US for the first time. 

According to the BBC, US President Donald Trump singled out Apple in 2025, threatening to raise tariffs on its products if it did not move iPhone manufacturing to the US.​​​​​​​

While Apple is making shifts in manufacturing to the US, the BBC estimates nine in ten of the 220 mn iPhones sold each year are made in China. 

Shifting towards US manufacturing

As part of Apple's investment of US$600bn in the US over the next four years, the company plans to hire 20,000 people in the US, with the majority focused on R&D, silicon engineering, software development, AI and machine learning. 

Tim Cook, Apple CEO, says: “This includes new and expanded work with 10 companies across America. They produce components that are used in Apple products sold all over the world, and we're grateful to the President for his support.”

Apple expanded its US supply chain in 2025 with a new commitment of US$500mn with MP Materials, a rare earth producer in the United States. With the multiple year deal, Apple committed to buying US made rare earth magnets.

Apple and MP Materials will work to establish a rare earth recycling line in California and develop novel magnet materials and innovative processing technologies to enhance magnet performance.​​​​​​​

Investing in manufacturing in Houston

The significant expansion of its factory operations in Houston, Texas, brings the production of Apple's Mac mini to the US, where it will be produced at a new factory on Apple's Houston manufacturing site.

Apple began producing advanced AI servers in Houston in 2025 for the first time. Servers assembled in Houston are used in Apple data centres around the US.

In 2026, a 20,000 square foot Advanced Manufacturing Centre is also set to open in Houston. 

The facility will provide training in advanced manufacturing techniques to students, supplier employees and US businesses. 

Tim says: “Apple is deeply committed to the future of American manufacturing, and we're proud to significantly expand our footprint in Houston with the production of the Mac mini starting later this year.”

“We began shipping advanced AI servers from Houston ahead of schedule, and we're excited to accelerate that work even further.”

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Expanding operations in Kentucky

Apple also announced an expansion of their partnership with Corning to make precision glass for Apple products. 

Apple made a US$2.5bn commitment to produce all of the cover glass for the iPhone and Apple Watch in Corning's Kentucky manufacturing facility. ​​​​​​​

This means that 100% of the cover glass on iPhone and Apple Watch units sold worldwide will be made in the US.

Tim says of the expansion: “Thanks to the power of American manufacturing, any customer anywhere in the world who buys a new iPhone or Apple Watch will be holding precision glass made right here in Kentucky. 

“We're grateful to the President and his administration for their support for American manufacturing, and we're excited for the innovation this investment will unlock.”