I-Apple isizosebenzisa kabusha i- isitshalo esivele sakhiwe endaweni ye- IMesa, e-Arizona, ukwakha isikhungo sedatha esisha, ngokwesitatimende esikhishwe uhulumeni waseMelika. Phambilini le fektri ibisetshenziswa ngusonkontileka ongaphansi kwenkampani esekwe eCupertino njengesitshalo sesafire, ngemikhiqizo yenkampani yama-apula.
Ngokwesitatimende esishiwo, i-Apple icele imvume ye Ibhodi Lemikhakha Engaphandle ukuhlanganisa "imikhiqizo eqediwe" endaweni engenamsebenzi njengamanje. Idolobha uqobo luye lwazenanela lezi zindaba futhi lathi inkampani yaseCalifornia isisebenzise kabusha lesi sitshalo kaningi, nokuthi kulokhu indawo izosetshenziselwa ukwenza "ukwenziwa kobuchwepheshe obuphelile besikhungo sedatha ukugcwalisa ezinye izikhungo zedatha yezwe".
Izindaba zale ndawo zivela ngoSepthemba wangonyaka odlule lapho idolobha lase IMesa, e-Arizona, kusho ukuthi "i-Apple ifuna ukunamathela kumugqa wesikhathi wokukhiqiza onolaka":
«Uhlobo lomkhiqizo wokuphela kwalesi sitshalo akulona olokugcina, kepha kwezinye izikhungo zemininingwane zomhlaba ezizosekelwa kusuka kusayithi lethu".
Njengoba sishilo, ngaphambi kokuba yisikhungo sedatha, lesi sikhungo ekuqaleni bekuyisitshalo senkampani esayinwe yinkontileka yakwa-Apple ebizwa ngokuthi I-GT Kuthuthukile, ihloselwe ukunikeza isafire imikhiqizo ye-Apple. Noma kunjalo, GT Ayikwazanga ukuhlangabezana nezimfuno ze-Apple futhi isanda kufaka isicelo sokuqothuka, ishiya zonke izakhiwo zayo ku-Apple. Kusukela lapho, u-Apple uqashe abasebenzi, futhi manje bakulungele ukubhekana nale nselelo entsha edolobheni lase Mesa.
Omunye umthombo uphinde wathi amaseva u-Apple awasebenzisayo ezikhungweni zawo zedatha ku- I-Oregon neNorth Carolina njengamanje bathatha indima yokuhola, kepha ngemuva kokuqala kokusebenza kwalesi sitshalo, kungekudala umsebenzi osindayo uzokwenzeka endaweni entsha I-Arizona.
