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[QUOTE="Munyaradzi Mafaro, post: 48933, member: 636"]
Apple executives want to build their very first cloud computing business for app makers. The tech giant currently pays other companies like Google and Amazon billions of dollars each year for these services. Company leaders discussed creating their version of Amazon Web Services during secret meetings. The plan would let iPhone and Mac developers use Apple servers instead of competitor platforms. Michael Abbott led these internal conversations before leaving the company during 2023.

Apple burns through seven billion dollars annually just paying Google and Amazon for cloud storage and computing power. Most of this money goes toward training artificial intelligence programs that power Siri and other features. Google Cloud alone brings in over 43 billion dollars yearly and represents twelve percent of Alphabet's total earnings. Apple sees these massive numbers and wants a piece of the action for itself. The California company could save billions and make billions at the same time.

Custom M5 processors will likely power Apple's future server farms across the country. These special chips use advanced manufacturing technology from Taiwan Semiconductor that delivers incredible speed and efficiency. The new processors cost less to produce than buying services from outside vendors. Apple could start mass production of these server chips as early as this year. However, company officials have not revealed when developers might actually access Apple cloud services.
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