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What the Musk empire is building, right now.
22 sites. 5 countries. Four operating companies (SpaceX absorbed xAI in Feb 2026) plus joint ventures. Every Sentinel-2 frame and primary-source filing we have, rolled up into one scoreboard. Page rebuilds every 30 minutes as captures and filings land.
Sites tracked
22
7 operational · 11 expanding
Footprint
12.6 km²
Sum of measured site areas
Capital deployed
~$79B
Sum of declared site investment
Satellite frames
818
Across 19 site timelapses
Milestones logged
146
128 verified done
Sources cited
143
Primary-source links
Aggregate
Empire build-out, 2020 → today
Mean progress across sites with non-zero progress in that year (excludes pre-groundbreaking) · shaded ±3pp band shows typical operator variance
±3pp typical error band — see /methodology
28%'20n=13
41%'21n=13
52%'22n=13
60%'23n=13
64%'24n=15
69%'25n=16
66%'26n=20
Captures
Latest satellite frames
8 of 19 sites
2026-10-04
52f
🇺🇸 SpaceX Hawthorne
Hawthorne, California
2026-10-03
53f
🇺🇸 Vegas Loop
Las Vegas, Nevada
2026-09-27
52f
🇺🇸 Vandenberg SFB
Lompoc, California
2026-09-27
46f
🇩🇪 Gigafactory Berlin
Grünheide, Germany
2026-09-27
45f
🇺🇸 Starbase Launch Site
Boca Chica, Texas
2026-09-22
52f
🇺🇸 Gigafactory Nevada
Sparks, Nevada
2026-09-22
51f
🇺🇸 Gigafactory Texas
Austin, Texas
2026-09-22
51f
🇺🇸 Neuralink Austin
Del Valle, Austin, TX (2200 Caldwell Ln)
Verified
Recent milestones
10 most recent
- 2026-09-282w ago
Flight 14 from Pad 2: first Starship to reach orbit — 26 Starlink V3 deployed, booster Gulf splashdown, ship splashed down in the North Pacific after an early deorbit[source]
- 2026-093w ago
Main slab concrete pour connecting the reinforced footings (drone-observed)[source]
- 2026-093w ago
Semi volume-production launch + customer deliveries[source]
- 2026-093w ago
~550K GPUs operating (110K GB200 + 440K GB300)[source]
- 2026-09-041mo ago
Cybercab paid public rides open in Austin[source]
- 2026-08-252mo ago
TDLR registration 'Austin Semiconductor Fab' — 489,600 sq ft new construction, completion 2029-12-31[source]
- 2026-08-252mo ago
JETI agreement posted (Anderson-Shiro CISD, phase 1: $10.4B eligible investment 2026–2028)[source]
- 2026-08-062mo ago
Tesla + SpaceX commit $16.8B phase 1; Grimes County production complex announced[source]
- 2026-08-062mo ago
Sahara station opens (10th station)[source]
- 2026-08-062mo ago
Tesla + SpaceX announce $16.8B phase-1 investment; Grimes County site named[source]
On the runway
Upcoming next 18 months
8 milestones
- 2026-H2due
AI5 small-batch production
- 2026-H2due
Cortex 2 continued ramp (Tesla: 'will ramp further over the rest of the year')
- 2026-H2due
Optimus Gen-1 line start in former S/X space (designed for 1M/yr)
- 2026-H2due
Star Factory full ramp + paint shop online (operator estimate)
- 2026-Q4in 37d
First Florida Starship launch (LC-39A, NET 2026-10-30)
- 2026-Q4in 37d
First Falcon launch from SLC-6 (late 2026 – early 2027)
- 2026-Q4in 37d
~1.2M GPU target (Musk: '+220K next week, Nov, late Dec if we get lucky')
- 2026-Q4in 37d
Paradise Rd twin tunnels (Westgate → Virgin Hotels) targeted before the Nov F1 race
Velocity
Biggest single-year progress jumps
Year-over-year delta from progress timeline
| # | Site | Prior | Current | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 Colossus 1 | 50% | 100% | +50pp |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 Colossus 2 | 5% | 45% | +40pp |
| 3 | 🇺🇸 Cortex | 45% | 60% | +15pp |
| 4 | 🇺🇸 Starbase Launch Site | 60% | 75% | +15pp |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 Gigafactory Nevada | 55% | 65% | +10pp |
| 6 | 🇺🇸 Neuralink HQ | 70% | 80% | +10pp |
Mix
Status across the empire
22 sites in scope
Operational 7
Expanding 11
Construction 2
Announced 1
By company
Average build progress
Sites with measurable footprint
SpaceX
83%
xAI
73%
Tesla
71%
Neuralink
55%
The Boring Company
10%
Tesla × SpaceX
5%
Milestones cited against
FAA filings·SEC EDGAR·USGS·KOSIS·DART·Travis County permits·NASA mission pages·NRC dockets·ClinicalTrials.gov·IR press releases
143+ primary-source links cited across 22 sites. Citation policy →
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