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Terabase Energy's 'Terafab V2' automated solar array system is part of Musk's Terafab project.

The 'TERAFAB' cryptocurrency memecoin is associated with Elon Musk's Terafab project.

Terafab is 'the next step towards becoming a galactic civilization.'

Tesla is actively recruiting process integration engineers with 10+ years of experience in Taiwan, targeting TSMC talent for Terafab.

Terafab's strategy bypasses ASML EUV lithography backlogs through extreme physical chip scale and custom designs not constrained by mobile/server thermal envelopes.

TSMC, Samsung, and Micron cannot scale fast enough to meet Musk's projected chip demand for AI, robotics, and orbital compute.

The Advanced Technology Fab at Giga Texas is for iterating on chip designs, not for the full Terafab production capacity.

Multiple sites beyond Giga Texas are under evaluation for the full-scale Terafab.

The initial Advanced Technology Fab at Giga Texas North Campus is approximately 2 million square feet.

Terafab will require thousands of acres of land — far more than the entire Giga Texas campus combined.

The full Terafab will require over 10 GW of power at full scale.

The full Terafab facility will be ~100 million square feet — about 10× the main Giga Texas building, equivalent to roughly 15 Pentagons or 3.6 square miles.

Terafab will procure equipment from Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, Lam Research, and Samsung at "light speed" with premiums for accelerated delivery.

SpaceX will deploy up to 1 million orbital data center satellites to host Terafab compute in space.

Terafab will receive CHIPS Act funding.

Tesla 2026 capex guidance raised to $25 billion to support Terafab and AI initiatives.

Terafab will break ground at Giga Texas North Campus in April 2026.

Terafab will produce its first chips in 2027.

About 80% of Terafab's output will go to space-based compute, 20% terrestrial.

Terafab will combine logic, memory, packaging, test, and lithography mask production under one roof.

Terafab will use Intel's 14A manufacturing process.

Terafab will target a 2nm-class process node.

Intel joins Terafab as a technology partner alongside Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI.

Terafab is a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI.

Terafab will be the most epic chip-building exercise in history, by far.

Terafab will produce one terawatt of compute per year.

Terafab will be a $20–25 billion investment.