Terafab
Terafab (SpaceX / Tesla / xAI / Intel), Grimes County, Texas, United States. Every field this record holds on the site, its note and every source, as the row states them.
The row
- Operator
- Terafab (SpaceX / Tesla / xAI / Intel) · company page: Intel, Tesla
- Site
- Terafab
- Location
- Grimes County, Texas, United States
- Type
- logic
- Status
- announced
- Wafer
- not recorded
- Nodes
- not recorded
- First output
- not recorded
- Announced investment
- USD 16.8 billion
- Map position
- 30.54, -95.99, on the map
A chip manufacturing initiative announced by SpaceX and Tesla in March 2026; Intel joined in April 2026. SpaceX's own registration statement states that specific projects under the framework, including development timelines, milestones and capital expenditures, "have not yet been determined", so this record carries no production year for this site. The investment figure is SpaceX's own estimate for the initial phase only, from its update of 6 August 2026, which came after that filing: "approximately $16.8 billion" in capital investments from SpaceX and Tesla. Later phases are not included. A 2028 mass-production target has been reported in the press and is not recorded here, because the operator's own filing says it is not settled. Coordinates are the approximate centre of Grimes County, not a surveyed site location. Scale, stated by SpaceX in its update "Breaking Ground on Terafab in Texas" (6 August 2026): "more than 100 million square feet of manufacturing space", planned. No SpaceX filing was found to contain this figure: the Form S-1 of 20 May 2026, both amendments (1 and 3 June 2026) and the final prospectus of 12 June 2026 were searched on 27 September 2026, including every exhibit.
Sources
5 sources on this row, in the order the row lists them. The order carries no weight.
SpaceX registration statement: Terafab collaboration, framework and undetermined timelines · sec.gov
Intel Q1 2026 earnings release: Intel joined the Terafab project as a strategic partner · sec.gov
Electrek, 6 August 2026: Terafab site in Grimes County, first phase and more than 100 million square feet · electrek.co
Fortune, 10 August 2026: Terafab would span more than 100 million square feet, according to Elon Musk · fortune.com
Capacity statements
No published capacity statement names this site. Blank is unpublished, not zero.
On this record
What this record changed on this row, newest first. Each day is the day this record changed, never the day a publisher said it. Followed: status, first output year, announced investment, operator, name, site and sources.
2026-11-11 · This record added the announced investment: USD 16.8 billion.
2026-11-11 · This record changed the sources on the row, from 4 to 5. · Source added: SpaceX, 6 August 2026: Breaking Ground on Terafab in Texas, more than 100 million square feet of manufacturing space planned
2026-09-27 · This record changed the sources on the row, from 2 to 4. · Source added: Electrek, 6 August 2026: Terafab site in Grimes County, first phase and more than 100 million square feet · Source added: Fortune, 10 August 2026: Terafab would span more than 100 million square feet, according to Elon Musk
2026-08-23 · The row entered this record, with the status announced. · Source at entry: SpaceX registration statement: Terafab collaboration, framework and undetermined timelines · Source at entry: Intel Q1 2026 earnings release: Intel joined the Terafab project as a strategic partner