Apple ilungiselela ukusebenzisa kwakhona a isityalo esele sakhiwe kwindawo ye Mesa, Arizona, ukwenza iziko elitsha ledatha, ngokwengxelo epapashwe ngurhulumente waseUnited States. Ngaphambili, lo mzi-mveliso wawusetyenziswa yi-subcontractor ye-Cupertino-based based plant njengesityalo sesafire, kwiimveliso zenkampani ye-Apple.
Ngokutsho kwengxelo, iApple icele ukuvunywa kwe IBhodi yeMimandla yaNgaphandle ukudibanisa “iimveliso ezigqityiweyo” kwindawo ekhululekileyo ngoku kwirhafu yempahla yempahla ephumayo. Isixeko ngokwaso siye savakalisa iindaba kwaye satsho ukuba inkampani yaseCalifornian iphinde yasebenzisa isityalo eso kumaxesha amaninzi, kwaye ngeli xesha indawo iya kusetyenziselwa ukwenza "ukwenziwa kwetekhnoloji yedatha egqityiweyo ukuxhasa amanye amaziko edatha elizweni. .
Iindaba zale ndawo zivela kuSeptemba wonyaka ophelileyo xa isixeko sase IMesa, eArizona, yatsho ukuba "i-Apple ibifuna ukuhlangabezana nexesha elinobundlavini lemveliso":
«Uhlobo lwemveliso yokugqibela yesi sityalo ayisiyobasebenzisi bokugqibela, kodwa kwamanye amaziko edatha yehlabathi aya kuxhaswa kwindawo yethu«.
Njengoko besitshilo, ngaphambi kokuba ube liziko ledatha, Esi sibonelelo ekuqaleni sasisityalo senkampani ephantsi kwekontraka ka-Apple ebizwa GT Advanced, ejoliswe ukubonelela ngesafire kwiimveliso ze-Apple. Nangona kunjalo, GT Ayikwazanga ukuhlangabezana neemfuno ze-Apple kwaye isanda kubhengeza ukubhanga, ishiya zonke izibonelelo zayo kwi-Apple. Ukusukela ngoko, uApple uqeshe abasebenzi, kwaye ngoku bakulungele ukujongana nalo mngeni mtsha kwisixeko sase Mesa.
Umthombo uphinde wabanga ukuba iiseva ezisetyenziswa yi-Apple kumaziko ayo edatha Oregon kunye neNorth Carolina ngoku bathatha indima ephambili, kodwa emva kokuqala kokusebenza kwesi sityalo, kungekudala ubunzima obukhulu bomsebenzi buya kwenzeka kwisityalo esitsha IArizona.