Comment by dewey
17 hours ago
> you know they have them internally...
What makes you think that? There's a lot of data centers that sell you access to colocated Mac Mini's, they have added FileVault unlock via SSH in the boot process which also makes things easier. There's not that many reasons to run a Mac in the cloud unless you have some very specific Mac related workload.
Because there's been photos of Apple building server racks with Apple Silicon, but also a recent leak.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/leaked-images-of-apple-...
https://www.reuters.com/business/apple-begins-shipping-ai-se...
Apple built internal M5 servers for private cloud compute:
https://wccftech.com/apples-private-cloud-compute-server-m5-...
https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/
Thanks, missed that article.
At this point it’s a well known secret that Apple has real rack mount servers for their internal processes. They actually have officially released video of their servers in the WSJ report on their chip supply chain.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/photos-of-apples-own-ne...
it’s a well known secret that Apple has real rack mount servers for their internal processes
Only if by "secret" you mean "announced in multiple press releases and a public event with federal, state, and local officials at its new sever factory in Houston."
https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-opens-advanced-...
> What makes you think that?
There’s articles about them, Apple uses them internally for AI services. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/photos-of-apples-own-ne...
Apple has to have significant build infrastructure to support internal iOS development, surely? They can't just be using whatever is at the developers' desk, or a big pile of Mac minis in a closet. That's far too pedestrian for Apple internal works.
Plus they did sell rackmount servers for some time.
> What makes you think that?
Here's a leaked / rumor image of Apple servers themselves.
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/26/leaked-images-of-apple-...
> [cites a convoluted work around]
> [still claims there is no reason]