7 Reasons Why a SpaceX and Tesla Merger Could Happen - MarketWise

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.

Elon Musk's Terafab project tied to lease at Seaholm Power Plant in Austin

Plans for Terafab, which Musk said would start in Austin and include other sites that are still being surveyed, are moving quickly. As he announced plans to local officials last month, earthmovers already were at work on a site near Gigafactory Texas that Musk said later would be a small plant focused on advanced chip design.

Elon Musk says his TeraFab facilities will use Intel's 14A process technology to make AI chips — SpaceX will be responsible for high-volume chip manufacturing in likely Intel tech licensing deal | Tom's Hardware

Elon Musk on Wednesday said that TeraFab plans to use Intel's 14A fabrication technology when it has its own production capacity later this decade and when the manufacturing process matures. He also revealed that Tesla will be responsible for building and operating a pilot production line, whereas SpaceX will be responsible for high-volume manufacturing of chips.

How Intel’s AI Chip Pivot and Foundry Deals Could Reshape the Outlook for Intel (INTC) Investors - Simply Wall St News

May 22, 2026 · Simply Wall St · Reviewed by Sasha Jovanovic · In recent weeks, Intel’s AI-focused chip push has intersected with multiple developments, including SCRT Labs integrating Intel Trust Authority into SecretVM for default hardware attestation and Intel–linked roles in the Terafab project and a preliminary Apple chip-making arrangement, while shareholder proposals on China risk, human rights due diligence, and chair–CEO separation failed at the May annual meeting.

AI to ROI News & Analysis: May 22, 2026

The Terafab chip venture with Tesla and Intel is described as a “general framework” with neither party obligated to proceed.

SpaceX S-1 Filing Deep Dive: Decoding the $1.75T SPCX IPO

Across Terafab (chips), COLOSSUS (training), Grok (model), X (data and distribution), and Cursor (developer applications), SpaceX is building what it pitches as the only fully vertically integrated AI company. The economic claim is that controlling every layer drives cost-per-token down faster than competitors and compounds the advantage over time.

SpaceX S‑1: Starlink’s Cash, Starship’s Burn, and a 2 Trillion Dollar Bet

Terafab is not a done chip plant. Based on S‑1 legal disclosure and consistent media paraphrases, SpaceX and Tesla/Intel have only a general framework; key economic and IP terms are not finalized, there are no binding commitments to continue, and there is explicit risk that definitive agreements may never be signed.

Tesla plans to use Intel 14A chips for Terafab project

Intel’s 14A process is also designed to incorporate High-NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools from ASML, which offer higher resolution patterning compared with current EUV systems.

Inside the New 2nm Texas Terafab - Deep in Tech Newsletter

These machines use extreme ultraviolet light to print atomic-scale patterns onto silicon wafers. A single unit costs upwards of $200 million, and a modern, high-volume fab requires between 15 and 20 of them just to operate.