🇺🇸 TERAFAB
Tesla × SpaceX × xAI Chip Fab (announced, no groundbreaking) · Austin, TX (Giga Texas North Campus)
AI5 chip, 2nm process, Memory, Packaging
Updated 2026-05-20 · Satellite imagery 1/31/2024 · 1/5 milestones verified
Built footprint
0%
Before
NowFirst and most-recent frames from the Sentinel-2 timelapse.
Area
Est. 10M+ sqft (planned)
Capacity
1 TW compute/yr
Investment
$20-25B
Employees
Est. 10,000+
Partners
Tesla, SpaceX, xAI
Process Node
2nm (TSMC-class)
TERAFAB
30.2280° N, 97.6120° W
Satellite timelapse
33 frames · Sentinel-2 + ESRILatest: 2026-05-15 · Source: Sentinel-2 L2A (Copernicus)
Related productsTesla Optimus Gen 3→
Milestones
1/52027
Volume production target
Upcoming
2026-04
Site selection & environmental review
Upcoming
2026-03-21
Musk announces Terafab launch
Done
2026-Q3
Pilot fab site prep begins
Upcoming
2026-H2
AI5 small-batch production
Upcoming
Latest news
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Latest signal
Hacker Newsarm32·1w
Fable 5 update: Still willing to cybercrime
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r/SpaceXLoungeu/Steve490·9h
Starship Flight 13 NOTAMS released for Mexican airspace, starting July 15th at 5:45pm CDT
r/SpaceXLoungeu/NightKiller_2·12h
Views from the Gantry (7/7/26)
r/SpaceXLoungeu/fragnet2·19h
Waiting for Falcon launch at Titusville FL July 3rd 6:45 AM
r/teslamotorsu/mestizomad·21h
Use of Model Y within the Tesla Robotaxi fleet.
r/SpaceXLoungeu/avboden·21h
Blue Origin, for the first time, is expected to raise private capital - raising $10 billion on a valuation of $130 billion. Bezos, 62, has grown fatigued from self-funding Blue Origin
r/SpaceXLoungeu/avboden·1d
NSF Space Coast flyover update (lots of Florida SpaceX stuff)
r/SpaceXLoungeu/Simon_Drake·1d
Predicting Flight 13 from testing milestones
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