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Apple is planning a new initiative to build new computers in the United States — but they won't be Macs. Instead, as reported by Business Insider, the company is aiming to use its existing facility in Mesa, Arizona, to produce servers and data centers to be used in its other US facilities.
The company's plans were referenced in a filing, made by the city of Mesa to the US government, and published in the Federal Register on Monday. The filing shows Mesa sought approval from the US Foreign-Trade Zones Board for Apple to create "finished products," including "finished server assembly cabinets." Apple already has authority to produce components for consumer electronics within the Mesa special zone, but if granted, the new approval would let it import parts needed for data centers without customs duty payments.
Apple will reportedly build servers for its other data centers in Mesa
Business Insider reports that Apple is aiming to use the Mesa center to produce servers for its other data centers across the United States, including facilities in Oregon and North Carolina. This would be a consolidation process, as according to a person familiar with Apple's data plans, the other US centers currently produce their own servers.
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