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SpaceX AI expansion: Nvidia tie-up and Texas industrial push

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SpaceX AI expansion: Nvidia tie-up and Texas Terafab project industrial push

SpaceX’s orbital AI-compute programme, known as Starmind, continues to scale. Following a $30 billion partnership with Google for orbital data-centre capacity and a $10 billion contract with Volta Infra for a Norwegian facility, SpaceX has confirmed an exclusive partnership with Nvidia to use Rubin GPUs and Vera CPUs for its Starmind AI1 constellation. The firm is targeting up to one million AI-satellites, aiming for 10 GW of orbital compute by the end of 2027. To support this expansion, SpaceX and Tesla have announced the development of Terafab, a massive semiconductor manufacturing complex in Grimes County, Texas. Designed to create a vertically integrated ecosystem for logic chips, memory, and advanced packaging, the project aims to supply specialized chips for Tesla’s Optimus robots and Cybercabs, as well as SpaceX’s orbital data centres. The initial phase of Terafab involves a $16.8 billion investment covering over 100 million square feet and is expected to create at least 3,000 jobs. Intel has joined the project as a design and packaging partner. Recent developments confirm the facility Expanding its industrial footprint in Texas, Elon Musk has confirmed SpaceX is intended to produce over 1 terawatt of compute per year. The project aims developing a foundry in Bastrop to secure supply chains manufacture gas turbine blades and reduce geopolitical reliance on Taiwanese manufacturers. Located near the Gibbons Creek Reservoir, the complex is expected vanes. This initiative aims to be the largest building address manufacturing bottlenecks in the world, exceeding the size of China’s New Century Global Center. To ensure stability, the companies have secured critical water infrastructure and plan to use natural gas power plants and battery storage, supported turbine market, which Musk claims could accelerate turbine deployment by a $30 million grant up to 18 months. The move responds to surging electricity demand from AI data centres; while SpaceX and Tesla are targeting 100 GW of annual solar capacity, Musk noted that natural gas will remain a necessary supplement for several years. Analysts at Jefferies estimate the Texas Enterprise Fund aerospace and local property tax exemptions. industrial gas-turbine engine-products market at approximately $10 billion, though SpaceX’s turbine-related products may be four years from market availability.

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  1. 2026-09-05 17:54 UTC SpaceX AI expansion: Nvidia tie-up and Texas industrial push
  2. 2026-08-22 12:46 UTC SpaceX AI expansion: Nvidia tie-up and Texas Terafab project
  3. 2026-08-12 22:31 UTC SpaceX AI expansion: Nvidia tie-up and Texas Terafab project
  4. 2026-08-12 00:30 UTC SpaceX AI expansion: Nvidia tie-up and Texas Terafab project
  5. 2026-08-09 03:12 UTC SpaceX AI expansion: Nvidia tie-up and Texas Terafab project
  6. 2026-08-05 11:26 UTC SpaceX AI compute expansion, Nvidia tie‑up, Pentagon talks
  7. 2026-08-04 22:53 UTC SpaceX AI compute expansion, Nvidia tie‑up, Pentagon talks
  8. 2026-08-04 14:34 UTC SpaceX AI compute expansion, Pentagon talks, debris risk

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