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SpaceX Seeks Tax Breaks for $55 Billion Texas AI Chip Plant

SpaceX plans a $55 billion Terafab AI chip plant in Austin, Texas, with potential expansion to $119 billion. The project aims to support massive computing power for AI, robotics, and space data centers.

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SpaceX seeks tax breaks for a $55 billion Terafab chip plant in Austin, Texas, via a Grimes County hearing, with phases potentially reaching $119 billion. Jointly operated by SpaceX and Tesla with Intel's design and build help, it produces AI, robotics, and space data center chips supporting 200 GW/year on Earth and 1 TW in space. This accelerates AI and robotics advances.

SpaceX is planning to invest at least $55 billion in a chip manufacturing facility called Terafab in Austin, Texas. The figure comes from a public hearing notice filed in Grimes County for a meeting to request tax breaks for the project.

The company indicated that additional phases could raise the total investment to $119 billion. Elon Musk first announced the project in March with plans for the plant to produce chips supporting up to 200 gigawatts of computing power per year on Earth and up to one terawatt in space.

The Texas facility will be operated jointly by SpaceX and Tesla. Chips produced there are intended for AI, robotics, and space-based data centers.
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SpaceX is also expanding its terrestrial data center operations. It currently runs the Colossus data center in Memphis, Tennessee, which recently signed an agreement to power Anthropic’s AI models.

Last month Intel announced it would help design and build Terafab. The company stated that its ability to design, fabricate, and package ultra-high-performance chips at scale will help accelerate Terafab’s aim to produce 1 TW/year of compute to power future advances in AI and robotics.
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The details were first reported by the New York Times and CNBC and covered by The Verge on May 7, 2026.
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