Elon Musk’s companies SpaceX and Tesla announce plans for Terafab, a large chip-manufacturing factory in Texas. Multiple outlets report the project would cover more than 100 million square feet, placing it on track to become the largest building in the world.
Fortune frames Terafab’s scale by comparing it with the current world’s largest building, describing the planned factory as roughly five times bigger. Dezeen focuses on the concept and scope, reporting that Terafab would be built in Grimes County and highlighting its extremely large footprint. Both sources connect the factory to the companies’ broader technology and manufacturing efforts, with Fortune also noting Musk’s stated rationale, including support for long-term goals such as space colonization.
While the outlets emphasize different angles—one on comparative size and investment context, the other on design/architecture and location details—they broadly agree on Terafab’s proposed location in Texas and its size of more than 100 million square feet, as well as that the factory is intended for chip production.
