Apple developing enterprise AI servers on its own M8 Ultra chips, first dedicated rack servers since Xserve, targeting developers, businesses and governments as early as 2029

Apple is developing enterprise AI servers powered by its own M8 Ultra chips, its first dedicated rack servers since it discontinued Xserve in 2011, aimed at companies and governments that want to run AI models on their own machines rather than public clouds, and potentially launching as early as 2029, according to reports. Systems would run two or four M8 Ultra chips for private AI inference. The move follows Mac revenue rising nearly 29% last quarter to $10.4B, driven by AI developer demand for Mac mini and Mac Studio, and would expand Apple's silicon strategy beyond consumer devices into the enterprise infrastructure market, challenging Nvidia in the data center for the first time. Apple shares rose on the report.

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