Musk Announces Terafab: Dual Austin Chip Factories for Optimus Robots and Space Data Centers

Elon Musk unveiled plans for two chip fabrication facilities in Austin — one producing silicon for Tesla's Optimus humanoid robots, the other for orbital compute infrastructure.

Elon Musk announced Terafab this weekend: two chip fabrication plants in Austin, Texas, one dedicated to silicon for the Optimus humanoid robot program and the other to chips destined for data centers in space. As @PeterDiamandis reported, the announcement represents a significant escalation in Musk's vertical integration strategy across Tesla, xAI, and SpaceX.

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