Elon Musk is betting that the next phase of his sprawling technology empire will require a building on a scale that has never existed before. SpaceX and Tesla are building Terafab, a 100-million-square-foot semiconductor manufacturing facility in Grimes County, Texas, more than five times the size of the world’s largest building. “Terafab Texas will be the
Residents of a rural Texas county say they want more control over the gigantic AI infrastructure projects sprouting in their backyards. Nearly 900 residents of Grimes County, the site of Elon Musk’s planned 100-million-square-foot Terafab semiconductor factory, signed a petition calling for more stringent regulations on large infrastructure projects that receive public incentives. The residents
Battery materials startup Sila announced Tuesday that it raised $300 million to expand its factory in Washington state to produce enough anode material for more than 100,000 electric vehicles. Sila’s expansion comes as demand for electric vehicles in the United States has weakened in the wake of the Trump administration’s efforts to cripple propulsion technology.
Realta Fusion has spent the last two years looking for a place to build its research and development facility. In the end, the former Oscar Mayer factory in Madison, Wisconsin was chosen. “From sausages to fusion,” Kieran Furlong, co-founder and CEO of Realta Fusion, told TechCrunch with a laugh. The new center, called Forge, will
A fire at a shoe factory in the southeastern Chinese city of Jinjiang has killed at least 28 people, according to the state news agency. Dramatic images published by Xinhua showed flames and huge plumes of black smoke rising from a building, as well as people appearing to be trapped on the roof. President Xi
BYD is developing its own rival to Tesla’s Optimus robot, and one of the Chinese automaker’s top executives wants it on the showroom floor selling cars. In an interview with Business Insider’s editor in chief, Jamie Heller, at the Cannes Lions festival, BYD executive vice president Stella Li said building humanoid robots for the home and service industry will