SpaceX reportedly starting Terafab in December: a 100M sq ft chip megafactory
bennash · x · 2026-10-11
A widely shared (unverified) post claims Elon and SpaceX will break ground on Terafab on December 1 in Grimes County, Texas — billed as the largest building in human history at 100 million sq ft, over 5x today's biggest building, at least 2.5 miles long, with its own off-grid power.
Key claims:
- All chip fabs on Earth combined supply only 2% of what Elon reportedly needs
- Annual chip production would consume twice the power of the entire US
- Chips earmarked for 1 billion Optimus robots, plus Cybercab, Grok and self-driving Teslas; 80% go to space
- Long-term plan: a Moon city with a magnetic rail launching AI satellites, and robots landing on Mars ahead of humans in roughly 5-7 years
Note: sourced from a fan account, not officially confirmed by SpaceX.
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