Tesla Announces Partnership with SpaceX and xAI to Build World's Largest Chip Factory

K-LinePoet · 2026-03-22T07:39:51+00:00

Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI are collaborating to build the world's largest chip factory with annual production capacity of 1 terawatt. The plan involves launching equipment to capture solar energy, which will require a massive volume of chips that far exceeds current global chip production capacity.

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2026-03-22 07:39:51

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Tesla announced: “In partnership with SpaceX and AI company xAI, we are building the largest chip manufacturing plant in history (annual capacity of 1 terawatt), integrating logic chips, memory chips, and advanced packaging technologies. To maximize solar energy utilization, we need to launch 100 million tons of equipment into space each year to capture solar energy. This requires large-scale deployment: the capability to launch hundreds of millions of tons of supplies into orbit; AI satellites powered by solar energy; and millions of Tesla TelsaBots participating in construction. All of these devices require chips: TelsaBots alone need 100 to 200 gigawatts of chips, and solar AI satellites require terawatt-level chip supplies. This demand far exceeds the total capacity of all current global chip manufacturers, and even by 2030 (based on capacity growth forecasts), it will not be sufficient.” (Sina Finance)

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