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Terafab will be a 10M+ sqft facility in Grimes County, TX—about 10× the size of…

2026-08-06 · 14:46 UTC ·@niccruzpatane ·1 min read

Brief

Terafab, a joint Tesla–SpaceX venture in Grimes County, TX, will be a 10M+ sqft facility roughly 10× the size of Tesla’s Giga Texas (about a two-hour drive away). Initial capital is ~$16.8B from both companies (up to $119B total); the site aims to produce over 1 terawatt of compute annually and employ ~3,000 local workers.

Why it matters

Terafab will be a 10M+ sqft facility in Grimes County, TX—about 10× the size of Tesla’s Giga Texas and roughly a two-hour drive from that site.

Key details

  • Initial investment is cited at ~$16.8B from SpaceX and Tesla together, with total build-out potential up to $119B; the project aims to produce over 1 terawatt of compute per year.
  • The facility is expected to employ about 3,000 people with an emphasis on hiring locally.
Source evidence

This is the size difference between Tesla’s Giga Texas factory and Terafab.

Terafab will be 10x the size of what is already one of the biggest factories in the world.

The scale is unfathomable

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Nic Cruz Patane (@niccruzpatane)

The MASSIVE 10M+ sqft Terafab (a joint venture between @Tesla & @SpaceX) will be located in Grimes County, TX which is about a ~2 hour drive from Tesla Giga Texas.

• Initial investment will be ~$16.8B from both SpaceX and Tesla, and up to $119B overall.
• Will employee about 3,000 people (emphasis on local)
• Goal remains producing over 1 terawatt of compute per year

This is big news from both companies.

— https://nitter.net/niccruzpatane/status/2085375744868270311#m