SpaceX plans $55B Texas chip plant Terafab
spacex plans to invest at least $55 billion in a new austin, texas chip manufacturing plant called terafab. filings show costs could reach $119 billion. intel will help design and build the facility aiming for 200gw earth compute and 1tw in space annually.
SpaceX plans to invest at least $55 billion into a semiconductor manufacturing facility in Austin, Texas, named Terafab. Court filings indicate total investment costs could reach $119 billion. Intel will assist in designing and building the plant, which aims to produce chips capable of supporting 200 gigawatts of computing power on Earth and 1 terawatt in space per year. The chips will be used for AI, robotics, and space-based data centers by both SpaceX and Tesla.