Construction of Elon Musk's massive Terafab factory shown from space
Recent satellite images have captured the construction of Terafab, a project by SpaceX and Tesla in Texas. Elon Musk expects to launch mass production of chips in the third quarter of 2028.
The site was chosen in Grimes County. Upon completion, the complex will include over 100 million square feet of production facilities—approximately ten times larger than Gigafactory Texas.
SpaceX and Tesla plan to invest $16.8 billion in the project; the facility will create at least 3,000 jobs. The entire process—from manufacturing advanced microchips to their packaging and testing—is intended to be organized on a single site.
The estimated production capacity will reach up to 1 TW of computing power per year. According to the companies' plan, this will allow them to reduce dependence on third-party semiconductor suppliers and meet growing demand for computing equipment.
The chips are designed for Tesla Optimus robots, Cybercab autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence systems, and SpaceX space data centers.
