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🇺🇸 Cortex

Name: Tesla Cortex
Address: Austin, Texas (inside Giga Texas parcel)

Tesla AI Training Supercluster (Giga Texas) · Austin, Texas (inside Giga Texas parcel)

FSD training, Optimus AI, Tesla in-house AI compute

Updated 2026-05-27 · Satellite imagery 1/31/2024 · 5/7 milestones verified

Built footprint

55%

Area

Est. 500K+ sqft (Cortex 2.0 datacenter buildings)

Capacity

~150K GPU target (Cortex 1: ~50K H100 operational + Cortex 2.0: ~100K H100/H200 under buildout)

Investment

—

Employees

—

Cortex 1

~50K H100 (operational since 2024)

Cortex 2.0

~100K H100/H200 target, 500MW total power, phased rollout

Power

500MW (Cortex 2.0), ~150 Megapacks installed

Note

Physically inside the Giga Texas parcel (TCAD 0315410104). Tracked separately for AI-cluster-specific milestones.

Cortex

30.2275° N, 97.6169° W

Milestones

5/7

2026-mid

Cortex 2.0 full 500MW activation target (~100K H100/H200 online)[source]

Upcoming

2026-04

Cortex 2.0 phase 1 (250MW) activation target[source]

Upcoming

2026-03

DC2-102 CORTEX 2.0 wet utilities permit filed at 12733 TESLA RD[source]

Done

2025-08

Tesla discontinues Dojo; Cortex becomes Tesla's single AI training backbone[source]

Done

2025-06

Musk confirms Cortex 'running at full capacity'[source]

Done

2025-Q4

Cortex 2.0 construction begins (~150 Megapacks installed for 500MW power)[source]

Done

2024-Q4

Cortex 1 deployed: ~50K H100 GPU cluster operational[source]

Done

Progress by year

2020–2026

'20

'21

'22

'23

25%

'24

45%

'25

55%

'26

Latest: 55%expanding

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