{"id":215661,"date":"2026-03-22T17:56:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T17:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215661\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T17:56:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T17:56:07","slug":"elon-musk-announces-20b-chip-plant-coming-to-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/215661\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk announces $20B chip plant coming to Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

The $20 billion “Terafab” plant will be built near Tesla’s campus in eastern Travis County.<\/p>\n

AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 Billionaire Elon Musk has announced plans to build a $20 billion chip plant in Austin.<\/p>\n

Musk announced on Saturday night during a livestream on his social media platform X<\/a> that the plant, called “Terafab,” will be built near Tesla’s campus and gigafactory in eastern Travis County. The long-anticipated project is a joint venture between Musk-owned properties Tesla, SpaceX and xAI.<\/p>\n

The facility is expected to produce up to one terawatt of computing power each year, which is enough for hundreds of millions of AI chips.<\/p>\n

The Terafab plant is expected to begin production in 2027.<\/p>\n

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