SpaceX files for Texas tax break to begin $55 billion Terafab chip facility

“We either build the Terafab or we don’t have the chips, and we need the chips, so we build the Terafab,” he said at the time. The combined chip demand from Tesla’s autonomous vehicles, SpaceX’s satellite constellation, xAI’s large language models, and the Optimus humanoid robot program will exceed what existing foundries can supply.

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SpaceX has one obvious advantage: ... Rockets and satellites give it hardware credibility. Starlink gives it distribution and connectivity. xAI gives it models. Cursor would give it a developer-product route. Terafab would push the group deeper into chips and computing ...

SpaceX files plan for $55 billion Terafab chip facility in Texas

May 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX has proposed an initial investment of $55 billion to build a semiconductor manufacturing facility, called Terafab, in Texas, according to a ‌filing made public on Wednesday.

SpaceX’s Terafab plan shows the startup economy is becoming a factory economy – Startup Fortune

It is the language of a company trying to build the physical substrate for its own future, at a scale more often associated with state-backed industrial policy or a giant automaker than with a private aerospace firm. If SpaceX once looked like a launch company with some manufacturing attached, Terafab suggests the company now wants to be judged on its ability to own more of the supply chain that makes launches, satellites, and eventually compute possible.

Intel previews Computex 2026 lineup across handhelds, desktops, and servers as 18A process becomes foundry calling card

Fourteen months later, Intel is at an all-time high, its foundry has anchor customers including Apple and Musk’s Terafab, and it is going to Computex with a product in every category for the first time in a decade. The turnaround is real, but it is also incomplete: the foundry loses 2.4 billion dollars per quarter, external revenue is 174 million dollars against TSMC’s 20 billion, and 90 per cent of the desktop chip Intel is previewing at Computex will be manufactured by the competitor it is try

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SoftBank put in $2B. In April 2026, Intel joined Elon Musk’s Terafab project in Texas — the chip-manufacturing venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI targeting one terawatt of compute per year.

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Terafab is a semiconductor fabrication facility being built near Tesla’s GigaTexas site in Austin, Texas. The plant would be vertically integrated and produce one terawatt of AI compute capacity per year. It would make chips for Tesla vehicles and robots, as well as non-terrestrial chips for space-based data centers.

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Elon Musk makes shocking admission about Sam Altman and OpenAI - TheStreet

Elon Musk’s Terafab bet: what it means for Tesla investors · Bank of America revamps Tesla stock price · UBS has a message for Tesla stock investors · That sentence, now entered into the official record, is what OpenAI’s legal team has been waiting for.

Intel Shares Jump 3.4% on Report of Potential Apple Chip Deal

Intel has invested heavily in its foundry division to compete directly with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, the world’s top contract chipmaker, and other major rivals, such as Samsung. However, differences in manufacturing technology have made it hard for Intel to attract large outside clients. The TeraFab deal with Tesla and a government equity stake have helped support Intel’s turnaround story, but a confirmed deal with Apple would be a much bigger sign of success for Intel’s foundry goals