SpaceX Terafab Semiconductor Fabrication Facility

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SpaceX plans to build a massive semiconductor fabrication facility called Terafab in rural southeast Texas to produce chips for orbital AI datacenters. The project aims to boost global semiconductor production by 50 times and will be a multi-phase, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility. The first phase is expected to cost around $55 billion. The facility will be located roughly 80 miles northeast of Houston near the Gibbons Creek Reservoir. Intel has signed on to help with the project, which will produce chips based on Intel's 14A process node, including homegrown AI accelerators.