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SpaceX, Tesla to Spend $16.8B on Terafab Chip Factory in Texas

AI BusinessPublished Aug 7, 2026

SpaceX and Tesla will invest $16.8 billion to build Terafab, a massive semiconductor factory in Texas, to meet their combined chip demand exceeding 1 terawatt of compute. The facility will develop advanced logic and memory chips for AI projects including Tesla's Optimus robots and SpaceX's space-based data centers. Intel is also involved, and the project aims to reduce reliance on current chip suppliers by vertically integrating Musk's AI operations.

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SpaceX is spending $16.8 billion on a Texas chip fab Musk says will be '50 times the size of the Pentagon'
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