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Elon Musk's Terafab is here: What it is, and why it's important for Tesla and SpaceX

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Elon Musk's Terafab is here: What it is, and why it's important for Tesla and SpaceX Over the weekend in Austin, Texas, Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) CEO Elon Musk unveiled what might be his grandest overarching vision for where he sees his companies headed…
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  • Current AI compute output is roughly 20 gigawatts per year and the rest of the world's output is about 2% of what his companies need

    60% confidence

  • Giga Texas alone is expected to have capacity for 10 million humanoid robots per year, which would require 20 million chips — approximately six times Tesla's current chip demand for its entire auto business

    60% confidence

  • Chipmakers like TSMC and Samsung aren't making chips fast enough for his companies' AI and robotics needs

    60% confidence

  • Goal is to produce more than a terawatt — 1 trillion watts — of AI computing power per year, with most of that capacity ultimately destined for space

    60% confidence

  • We either build the Terafab or we don't have the chips, and we need the chips, so we build the Terafab

    60% confidence

  • Chipmakers' expansion rate is much less than what Musk's companies would like

    60% confidence

  • Terafab is the most epic chip-building exercise in history by far

    60% confidence

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Elon Musk · ai compute output worldwide20 gigawatts_per_year
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