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Not surprisingly, that’s just what Musk did last month when he announced that three of his companies were teaming up to spend up to US$25 billion building a Terafab, a giant chip foundry, near Tesla’s Giga Texas campus in eastern Travis County in Austin.
The Terafab is expected to span 100 million square feet, as per Elon Musk · Yet a closer look at verified figures from Austin Water, Samsung's sustainability reports, the Houston Advanced Research Center (HARC), and Tesla's own operations in Germany suggests the narrative of impending desiccation may be overdrawn. Giga Texas ranks third for a reason, and the two commercial entities ahead of it, along with broader regional and sectoral benchmarks, put the 556 million gallons in sharper
The factory is expected to support chip families including edge-inference processors, space-hardened chips for orbital satellites and high-bandwidth memory, according to the job postings. Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The hiring push comes as demand for AI drives companies to secure more advanced chipmaking capacity, amid constraints at TSMC. When asked about Terafab, TSMC said on Thursday it would not underestimate competitors, but added there are “no short
More broadly, Terafab is positioned as infrastructure for a future economy driven by AI, robotics, and space-based computing. Musk draws parallels to Tesla’s original Gigafactory, arguing that just as battery production enabled mass-market EVs, chip production at this scale is a prerequisite for billions of robots, autonomous systems, and satellite networks.
Terafab’s facility, which is likely to exceed 100 million sq ft, or roughly the size of 1,350 soccer fields, will integrate chip manufacturing for cars, robots and orbital satellites.
Terafab hiring. Tesla/SpaceX’s ambitious Terafab project, which reportedly may include partnerships with Intel and/or Samsung, is looking to hire advanced semiconductor engineers in Taiwan.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has aligned his TeraFab megafab initiative with Intel, in a move that had been signaled in recent months. The article requires paid subscription. Subscribe Now ... Select premium stories & daily editor picks. Leverage AI summaries for instant insights. Receive tech briefings & newsletters. Track financials & stock data of Taiwan tech. ... 2026 analysis Apple capacity CEO chips Elon Musk fab Intel manufacturing partnership Samsung ...
In a strategic move, Tesla plans ... while the other is set to manufacture chips intended for orbital data centers. This initiative has recently gained momentum, especially with Intel joining the Tesla-SpaceX Terafab project....
TAIPEI, April 17 (Reuters) - Tesla is seeking semiconductor engineers in Taiwan for its Terafab artificial intelligence chip complex, according to job postings on its website.
For instance, last July, Samsung secured an order from Tesla (TSLA) worth $16.4 billion to produce Tesla's AI6 chips using the 2nm process. Currently, other giants are also building their own chip plants to reduce costs. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in March the joint launch of Terafab, a 2nm wafer fab in Texas, in collaboration with SpaceX, followed by Intel’s announcement that it would join the project.
Manufacturing Processes: The job descriptions reference 2nm-class chip dimensions and multiple core front-end fabrication steps such as lithography, etching, thin films, and chemical mechanical planarization, indicating Tesla's forward-looking approach to chip manufacturing technology.
To maintain its leadership, TSMC has outlined substantial capital expenditure plans focused on scaling next-generation nodes, particularly 2nm. However, industry analysts expect tight supply conditions to persist as demand continues to outpace fabrication capacity. While competition in advanced semiconductor manufacturing is intensifying, there is no verified evidence of a joint “Terafab” initiative between Elon Musk and Intel. Intel is independently advancing its foundry strategy, including its
Elon Musk at the Terafab announcement in Austin, Texas.
Intel is thus a natural partner to help him realise his vision.”Last month, Musk introduced Terafab and outlined his plans to begin with two chip fabrication plants in Austin, Texas.
The move marks one of the first tangible real estate deals tied to Terafab, which Musk claims could eventually produce up to one terawatt of computation annually — enough to support tens of millions of AI chips powering everything from autonomous vehicles to robotics and aerospace systems. The sublease is notable in Austin’s office market beyond the tenant’s profile, as blocks of space have been slow to absorb as companies have reduced office occupancy since 2020.
By Cody Baird and Justin Sayers – Austin Business Journal · Apr 15, 2026 · Preview this article 1 min · xAI —the parent company of Elon Musk’s social media platform, X — is subleasing all of Athenahealth’s roughly 112,000-square-foot space at the Seaholm building, according to market reports from multiple commercial real estate firms. Can Elon Musk actually pull off $20B Terafab?
Tesla is also building an in-house fabrication facility called Terafab in Austin, Texas, which will handle higher volumes in the future.
CEO CC Wei emphasized the long-term, capital-intensive nature of the foundry business while addressing competitive projects like Elon Musk's TeraFab. Despite supply chain concerns from Middle East conflicts, CFO Wendell Huang stated TSMC has diversified sourcing and expects minimal short-term ...
Elon Musk is planning a $20 billion semiconductor fabrication facility, known as the Terafab, which is set to significantly expand his companies’ industrial presence in Central Texas.
The increase is raising new concerns ... Musk announced Terafab, a proposed $20-25 billion semiconductor fabrication plant near Giga Texas, also known as the Gigafactory, in eastern Travis County....