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Tesla and SpaceX announce $25B ‘Terafab’ chip factory — here’s why it reeks of desperation

Electrek
Mar 22, 2026 at 02:46 PM
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Tesla and SpaceX have announced a $25 billion joint venture, "Terafab," to build a semiconductor fabrication facility in Austin, Texas. This facility aims to produce 1 terawatt of computing power annually, making it the largest semiconductor fab ever. The project consolidates all stages of semiconductor production and targets advanced 2-nanometer process technology, competing with industry leaders like TSMC. Elon Musk described it as the most significant chip-building initiative in history.

Tesla and SpaceX have unveiled “Terafab,” a joint $25 billion chip fabrication facility in Austin, Texas, that Elon Musk claims will produce 1 terawatt of computing power annually. It would be the largest semiconductor fab ever built — by an absurd margin.

Musk took the stage at the defunct Seaholm Power Plant in Austin on March 21 to officially launch the project, calling it “the most epic chip building exercise in history by far.”

What Tesla and SpaceX actually announced

Terafab is a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI — the AI company that SpaceX recently acquired in an all-stock deal. The facility is planned for the North Campus of Giga Texas and is designed to consolidate every stage of semiconductor production under one roof: chip design, lithography, fabrication, memory production, advanced packaging, and testing.

Tesla says it is targeting 2-nanometer process technology — the most advanced node currently entering commercial production. TSMC is only now beginning to ramp its own 2nm output, and it has spent decades and hundreds of billions of dollars building that capability.

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