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SpaceX commits $16.8 billion to build 100-million-square-foot TeraFab AI chip fab in Texas with Tesla, Intel, and xAI; will employ 3,000 regional workers.

Landmark greenfield fab capex; Elon Musk ecosystem signals aggressive vertical integration of chip production; reduces TSMC/Samsung dependence; major domestic reshoring bet on US semiconductor manufacturing.
Trade pressSlicast · August 8, 2026 · Global · Source: Data Center Dynamics
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SpaceX commits $16.8 billion to build 100-million-square-foot TeraFab AI chip fab in Texas with Tesla, Intel, and xAI; will employ 3,000 regional workers.

Landmark greenfield fab capex; Elon Musk ecosystem signals aggressive vertical integration of chip production; reduces TSMC/Samsung dependence; major domestic reshoring bet on US semiconductor manufacturing.

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