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What the Musk empire is building, right now.
21 sites. 5 countries. Five operating companies 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
21
8 operational · 7 expanding
Footprint
13.6 km²
Sum of measured site areas
Capital deployed
~$86B
Sum of declared site investment
Satellite frames
493
Across 16 site timelapses
Milestones logged
131
106 verified done
Sources cited
75
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
73%'26n=17
Captures
Latest satellite frames
8 of 16 sites
2026-05-15
34f
🇲🇽 Gigafactory Mexico
Santa Catarina, Nuevo León
2026-05-15
34f
🇺🇸 Vegas Loop
Las Vegas, Nevada
2026-05-15
33f
🇺🇸 Gigafactory Nevada
Sparks, Nevada
2026-05-15
33f
🇺🇸 Gigafactory Texas
Austin, Texas
2026-05-15
33f
🇺🇸 Neuralink Austin
Austin, Texas
2026-05-15
33f
🇺🇸 TERAFAB
Austin, TX (Giga Texas North Campus)
2026-05-15
33f
🇺🇸 Vandenberg SFB
Lompoc, California
2026-05-15
32f
🇺🇸 Colossus 1
Memphis, Tennessee
Verified
Recent milestones
10 most recent
- 2026-052mo ago
~70 Cybercabs staged in outbound lots (no customer deliveries confirmed)
- 2026-052mo ago
Flight 12: maiden launch from OLM-B (Pad 2), first Block 3 / Starship V3[source]
- 2026-05-152mo ago
Launch: Dragon CRS-2 SpX-34[source]
- 2026-05-122mo ago
Launch: NROL-172[source]
- 2026-043mo ago
Cell phase 2 building permit filed: 200K sqft new addition (Tesla Energy Operations direct contractor)[source]
- 2026-043mo ago
PRIME study expands to 8+ implanted patients[source]
- 2026-03-214mo ago
Musk announces Terafab launch
- 2026-034mo ago
DC2-102 CORTEX 2.0 wet utilities permit filed (12733 TESLA RD): 16" water + 24" reclaimed water + 12" wastewater process piping[source]
- 2026-034mo ago
Massive expansion plans filed (SP-2026-0021.ETJX, 5 permits over 60 days)
- 2026-034mo ago
On the runway
Upcoming next 18 months
8 milestones
- 2026due
Site selection + groundbreaking
- 2026-Q3in 35d
Pilot fab site prep begins
- 2026-Q3in 35d
SLC-6 Starship pad construction
- 2026-Q3in 35d
Pilot production line
- 2026-H2in 66d
AI5 small-batch production
- 2026-H2in 66d
Phase 3 expansion complete
- 2026-H2in 66d
Starship Block 3 cadence ramp across both pads
- 2026-H2in 66d
Star Factory full ramp + paint shop online (operator estimate)
Velocity
Biggest single-year progress jumps
Year-over-year delta from progress timeline
| # | Site | Prior | Current | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇺🇸 Colossus 2 | 5% | 30% | +25pp |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 Starbase Launch Site | 60% | 75% | +15pp |
| 3 | 🇺🇸 Cortex | 45% | 55% | +10pp |
| 4 | 🇺🇸 Gigafactory Nevada | 55% | 65% | +10pp |
| 5 | 🇺🇸 Colossus 1 | 50% | 60% | +10pp |
| 6 | 🇺🇸 Neuralink HQ | 70% | 80% | +10pp |
Mix
Status across the empire
21 sites in scope
Operational 8
Expanding 7
Construction 1
Announced 5
By company
Average build progress
Sites with measurable footprint
SpaceX
83%
Tesla
81%
Neuralink
80%
xAI
45%
Milestones cited against
FAA filings·SEC EDGAR·USGS·KOSIS·DART·Travis County permits·NASA mission pages·NRC dockets·ClinicalTrials.gov·IR press releases
75+ primary-source links cited across 21 sites. Citation policy →
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