Apple Inc. on Tuesday said it will start building Mac mini desktop computers in Houston later this year, part of a push to do more manufacturing in the US.

Houston will become the first U.S. city to manufacture a global tech giant's widely popularized product—a move that the company says will create thousands of jobs.

In addition to production, Apple is constructing a 20,000-square-foot training center at Apple's north Houston campus that's slated to open later this year, intended to offer hands-on advanced manufac...