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SpaceX is spending $16.8 billion on a Texas chip fab Musk says will be '50 times the size of the Pentagon'

SpaceX and Tesla commit $16.8 billion to build a gigantic Texas chip factory
TeraFab could cover more than 100 million square feet when fully built
Elon Musk claims TeraFab will reach 50 times the size of the Pentagon

SpaceX and Tesla have revealed more details in their plan to invest $16.8 billion in a massive semiconductor factory planned for Grimes County, Texas.

The facility, known as TeraFab, is expected to manufacture chips for several computing-intensive applications associated with both companies.

At full construction, SpaceX says the factory could exceed 100 million square feet, or approximately 9.3 million square metres.

A semiconductor factory on an unprecedented scale

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described the planned facility as potentially the largest and most valuable building on Earth after completion.

“TeraFab will be 50 times the size of the Pentagon when complete,” Musk said on X.

Since the Pentagon is 6.6 million square...

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&lsquo;If we don&rsquo;t like it, we&rsquo;ll kill it. If we love it, we&rsquo;ll marry it&rsquo;: We were dreaming about ChatGPT thousands of years before it existed &mdash; here's how ancient myths shaped the AI we&rsquo;re building today

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