Elon Musk said his companies will build and operate the Texas-based Terafab chipmaking project, ruling out an operational role for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC). In a post on X, he wrote, “No, we will build and run the fab. Let there be ZERO doubt about that.” [7, 11, 13]
The clarification follows reports that Musk’s team had been in discussions with TSMC. [6, 7] Musk said TSMC could potentially sublease part of the Terafab facility, “but nothing more than that.” [7, 11]
Terafab is intended to produce a massive volume of AI chips for Musk’s ventures, including Tesla and SpaceX. [5, 7] Intel, another project partner, confirmed it remains involved. [7, 16]