Apple is reportedly planning to start out shopping for chips made within the US and Europe, according to a report from Bloomberg that cites feedback made by Tim Cook at an inside assembly. Apple has “already made a decision to be buying out of a plant in Arizona” that’s because of start manufacturing in 2024, which means that the corporate might begin utilizing these chips in round two years, in response to the reported feedback from Cook. He additionally mentioned that Apple hopes to “source from Europe as those plans become more apparent.”

Apple’s custom-designed chips, such because the M2 chip that powers its latest MacBooks and the iPhone’s A-series processors, are primarily produced by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC. As the corporate’s title implies, most of its fabs are positioned in Taiwan, although it presently has a complicated facility being constructed in Arizona, which is able to seemingly begin producing chips in 2024.