Tesla announced that Terafab would be built in Grimes County, Texas, with a goal of producing more than one terawatt of compute per year, and described it as the largest chip manufacturing facility ever.
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Part of this event: Tesla and SpaceX Plan World's Largest Chip Factory in Texas
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Official Tesla post identifies the Texas location, Tesla and SpaceX demand, and the stated one-terawatt annual compute goal.
The official announcement and registered coverage document the plan, while construction milestones and realized production capacity remain future evidence.
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developing
Filed Texas permits, a Tesla or SpaceX project schedule, construction records, and later registered-outlet reporting that distinguishes announced goals from completed capacity.
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Tesla and SpaceX Plan World's Largest Chip Factory in Texas
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Tesla’s official post names both companies as needing chip capacity and identifies their shared Terafab rationale; the combined subject entity remains under registry review. Split from the composite subject entity on 2026-08-08; this receipt carries Tesla only.
Open source receipt - subject identity
subject identity
Tesla’s official post names both companies as needing chip capacity and identifies their shared Terafab rationale; the combined subject entity remains under registry review. Split from the composite subject entity on 2026-08-08; this receipt carries SpaceX only.
Open source receipt - originating speaker
Tesla published the announcement that Terafab would be built in Grimes County and described the intended scale.
Exact-wording X search located the official company post and canonical status URL.
Open source receipt - reporter publication
The Wall Street Journal published contemporaneous reporting on the proposed Texas chip plant.
Live search returned the canonical WSJ URL and headline; direct extraction was blocked by the outlet gate.
Open source receipt - atomic claim
Tesla announced that Terafab would be built in Grimes County, Texas, with a goal of producing more than one terawatt of compute per year, and described it as the largest chip manufacturing facility ever.
The bounded claim follows the company’s own displayed announcement and preserves the project language as a stated goal.
Open source receipt - primary source evidence
Official Tesla post identifies the Texas location, Tesla and SpaceX demand, and the stated one-terawatt annual compute goal.
The canonical status URL and bounded announcement title were content-hashed.
Open source receipt - cross publication coverage
SpaceX, Tesla to initially spend $16.8 billion on Terafab chip plant in Texas
Live search returned the registered-outlet canonical URL and headline; the excerpt is bounded because direct extraction was blocked.
Open source receipt - response correction
The retained company statement describes a planned facility and production goal; it does not establish that the factory or capacity is complete.
Future-tense wording in the primary post requires preserving the distinction between announcement and completed construction.
Open source receipt - resolution evidence status
The official announcement and registered coverage document the plan, while construction milestones and realized production capacity remain future evidence.
No filed completion record or operational-capacity evidence was located in this window.
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