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Aug 6, 2026

Tesla and SpaceX announce $16.8B semiconductor plant in Grimes County, Texas

Tesla and SpaceX confirmed Thursday they will build 'Terafab,' a vertically integrated semiconductor fabrication facility in Grimes County, Texas, near College Station, with an initial investment of $16.8 billion. Governor Greg Abbott announced the project, which will be located at the site of the former Gibbons Creek Power Plant.

Aug 6, 2026·11 sources
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  • ▪The planned Terafab facility is designed to span more than 100 million square feet of manufacturing space.
  • ▪The Terafab plant will produce chips optimized for edge computing in Tesla's Optimus robots and Cybercabs, and high-power processors for SpaceX's space-based data centers.
  • ▪The Terafab facility is expected to employ at least 3,000 people, drawing workers from Grimes County and neighboring Brazos County.

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Semiconductor manufacturingCompute, chips & AI infrastructureIndustrial investmentVertical integration

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