Apple today opened its Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) in Houston, Texas. It's located in the same facility where Apple makes AI servers and will start manufacturing the Mac mini this year. Small and medium businesses can visit the 20,000-square-foot facility for free training and educational sessions, using interactive labs, tools, and equipment including a holographic lab table. Apple says participants can learn the "same innovative processes" used to make Apple devices.

"In less than nine months, we have invested hundreds of millions of dollars into this Houston facility. We stood up a factory, started production, and shipped the first advanced AI servers off the line. Today, we're thrilled to open our new Advanced Manufacturing Center," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "We believe in American workers and American ingenuity, and we are moving at an incredible pace because we want to build more than great products. We want to build the future of American manufacturing."

Apple experts will hold sessions on advanced manufacturing principles and printed circuit board assembly, and lead interactive workshops. In the future, the AMC will offer hands-on training to local college students. The location is part of Apple's pledge to spend $600 billion to support U.S. manufacturing.