Just so everyone understands how this works: Apple’s manufacturing and supply chain is overwhelmingly China-based. Apple is good at controlling secrets, but the Chinese supply chain is awash in leaks and corruption. So Chinese brand Xiaomi learns what Apple is working on and rushes out an inferior knockoff prior to Apple’s public unveiling. And it just is what it is. Apple would love to stop it, but they can’t.
I’m pro-data center. There is a data center less than a mile from my house. It causes absolutely no issues whatsoever, and most people have no idea it’s there.