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SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas
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The “Terafab” plant could cost SpaceX up to $119 billion total, according to a court filing.
Key facts
- As the New York Times and SpaceX is planning to invest at least $55 billion into its “Terafab” chip plant in Austin, Texas
- The “Terafab” plant could cost SpaceX up to $119 billion total, according to a court filing
- The company says that if additional phases are constructed, its investment could someday balloon to $119 billion total
- When Musk initially announced the project in March, he shared ambitious plans for it to produce enough chips to support up to 200 gigawatts per year of computing power on Earth, and up to one
Summary
Elon Musk’s plans to get into the AI chip manufacturing business are going to be costly. The company says that if additional phases are constructed, its investment could someday balloon to $119 billion total. The Texas plant will be run by SpaceX and Tesla and make chips for both companies, which Musk has said will be used for AI, robotics, and space-based data centers. Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri.