{"id":2843,"date":"2026-05-07T23:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/spacex-has-a-55-billion-plan-to-build-ai-chips-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T19:26:16","slug":"spacex-has-a-55-billion-plan-to-build-ai-chips-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/spacex-has-a-55-billion-plan-to-build-ai-chips-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"SpaceX has a $55 billion plan to build AI chips in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Photo: Mario Tama \/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/gettyimages-2269580650.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Elon Musk&rsquo;s plans to get into the AI chip manufacturing business are going to be costly. As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/science\/917432\/spacex-is-making-its-own-gpus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/05\/06\/elon-musks-spacex-chip-fab-in-texas-to-cost-up-to-119-billion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a> report, SpaceX is planning to invest at least $55 billion into its \u00ab\u00a0Terafab\u00a0\u00bb chip plant in Austin, Texas. That&rsquo;s according to the details of a public hearing notice filed in Grimes County, Texas, for a meeting to request tax breaks for the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The company says that if additional phases are constructed, its investment could someday balloon to $119 billion total. When Musk initially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/898722\/musk-terafab-chip-plant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced the project<\/a> in March, he shared ambitious plans for it to produce enough chips to support up to 200 gigawatts per year of computi \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/ai-artificial-intelligence\/926356\/spacex-terafab-plant-cost-ai-chips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Elon Musk&rsquo;s plans to get into the AI chip manufacturing business are going to be costly. 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