{"data":{"id":2150,"lang":"en","title":"Tesla and SpaceX to Build $16.8 Billion \"Terafab\" Chip Megafactory in Texas","summary":"Tesla and SpaceX are jointly investing $16.8 billion in a Texas semiconductor megafactory called Terafab to supply chips for robots, self-driving cars, and space data centers.","category":"business","category_label":"Business","published_at":"2026-08-08T10:01:08Z","updated_at":"2026-08-08T10:01:08Z","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/article/2150-tesla-and-spacex-to-build-16-8-billion-terafab-chip-megafactory-in-texas","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2150?lang=en","markdown_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2150.md?lang=en","image_url":"https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/2026_08_05_terafab_01_c491ff0b4d.jpg","word_count":192,"reading_time_minutes":1,"sources":[{"url":"https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/tesla-and-spacex-will-invest-16-8b-to-start-building-terafab-chip-factory-in-texas/","domain":"techcrunch.com"},{"url":"https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/spacex-tesla-terafab-texas-chip-factory","domain":"interestingengineering.com"}],"translation":{"lang":"cs","id":2223,"title":"Tesla a SpaceX postaví za 16,8 miliardy dolarů čipovou megatovárnu „Terafab“ v Texasu","url":"https://techtools.cz/tools/news/clanek/2223-tesla-a-spacex-postavi-za-16-8-miliardy-dolaru-cipovou-megatovarnu-terafab-v","api_url":"https://techtools.cz/news-api/v1/articles/2223?lang=cs"},"content":"Tesla and SpaceX announced a joint $16.8 billion investment to build Terafab, a semiconductor manufacturing complex in Grimes County, Texas, north of Houston. Elon Musk called it \"the largest and most valuable building on Earth by far,\" with the site planned to eventually span more than 100 million square feet combining chip fabrication, advanced packaging, and testing under one roof.\n\nThe factory will produce chips tailored to the companies'hardware: edge-computing and inference chips for Tesla's Optimus robots and self-driving Cybercabs, and processors for SpaceX's planned space-based data centers. SpaceX and Tesla say their combined computing demand will exceed 1 terawatt, a scale they argue current global chip supply cannot meet, and SpaceX has floated spending as much as $119 billion across future phases. Intel is also contributing to the project.\n\nTerafab is expected to create at least 3,000 jobs in Grimes and neighboring Brazos counties and will draw water from the Gibbons Creek Reservoir rather than local groundwater. Some residents have raised concerns about tax breaks and project transparency, but the announcement marks one of the most ambitious vertical-integration bets yet by Musk's companies to secure their own chip supply chain."}}