Apple has begun shipping American-made artificial intelligence servers from a newly built factory in Houston, beating its 2026 target.The servers designed for Apple's Private Cloud Compute system have started shipping from the 250,000-square-foot Houston site months earlier than planned.Apple Chief Operating Officer Sabih Khan confirmed the acceleration in a statement provided to : Private Cloud Compute is the architecture Apple uses to offload certain Apple Intelligence computations from devices to the cloud, while preserving the on-device privacy model that Apple says is core to its AI system.
Apple CEO Tim Cook also posted on X about the news: Apple is reportedly partnering with local contractors and recruiting from Houston City College to staff the facility.The Houston facility is part of a $600 billion U.S.investment commitment Apple made earlier this year, which includes capital for domestic manufacturing, silicon engineering, R&D, and workforce training initiatives.
