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Built along the Colorado River, Giga Texas covers more than 929 thousand square meters and produces the Model Y in a single structure. Now, Elon Musk plans to add a chip factory with SpaceX and xAI, in a project estimated at up to $25 billion by 2027.
The Tesla factory in Texas, owned by Elon Musk, spans 929 thousand square meters, is visible from space, has employees moving on wheels inside, and Musk wants to spend $25 billion to add a chip factory with SpaceX and xAI on the same site by 2027. The scale of the complex is hard to imagine.
According to information released by the portal Xataka, what was a vacant lot in 2003 has become, more than two decades later, one of the most advanced industrial complexes in the world, built along the Colorado River. The main building, a single monolithic structure of more than 929 thousand square meters, is one of the largest in the world in volume and area. The Sentinel-2 satellite, from the European Space Agency, photographed the roof, where solar panels form the word Tesla, visible from space. And Elon Musk wants to further expand the factory, with a chip factory project in partnership with SpaceX and xAI, estimated between $20 billion and $25 billion, planned for 2027.
A factory the size of a city
What was a vacant lot in 2003 has become, more than two decades later, one of the most advanced industrial complexes in the world, thanks to its high level of vertical integration: Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas, an obsession of Elon Musk. Its area covers 1 thousand hectares along the Colorado River.
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The building measures approximately 1.2 kilometers in length by 365 meters in width, almost 100 American football fields, with a scale comparable to that of a small city. According to information released by the portal Xataka, the main structure, a single continuous monolithic block of more than 929 thousand square meters, is one of the largest in the world in volume and area and, according to Musk, if placed vertically, it would be taller than the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.
Solar panels visible from space
The size is so colossal that the solar panels on the roof are visible from space. The Sentinel-2 satellite, from the European Space Agency, which maps environmental changes, photographed the factory, and the panels, arranged to form the word Tesla, appear clearly when viewed from space.
And Elon Musk wants to make the complex even larger. The image captured by Sentinel-2, which monitors changes in the environment, became one of the most striking demonstrations of the scale of Giga Texas, a structure that, when viewed from above, blends with the surrounding urban landscape.
On one side steel enters, on the other the car exits
Unlike traditional car factories, which rely on separate buildings for stamping, painting, and assembly, Giga Texas, the heart of Elon Musk’s operation, functions as a single integrated unit. Inputs, such as steel and aluminum coils, enter through one end of the building, and the fully finished car exits through the other.
Inside, the factory produces the Model Y, for years the best-selling electric car in the world, the Cybertruck, with less commercial success, and the Cybercab, the Robotaxi still in development. The famous Giga Press, die-casting machines from Idra with clamping force between 6,000 and 9,000 tons, reduces the front and rear sections of the chassis to just two cast aluminum pieces, while the plant refines its own lithium and produces the 4680 cells in the same place, absorbing processes that previously required the transportation of materials across three continents.
How employees move around in Giga Texas
The enormous size makes Elon Musk’s factory interior look like a city, and getting around there is a logistical challenge. According to information from the Xataka portal, to prevent employees from losing up to 30 minutes of the workday just walking from one side to the other, Tesla adopted a mobility system based on bicycles, tricycles, modified golf carts, and utility vehicles.
Electric scooters and segways, on the other hand, are reserved for supervisors, showing that the famous scooters are not for everyone. The complex also features rest areas, food courts, coffee kiosks, and strategically distributed restrooms near each production line.
The $25 Billion Plan for Chips and an Ecological Paradise
Elon Musk’s plan goes far beyond assembling electric cars. According to information released by the Xataka portal, his stated goal is to create a self-sufficient ecosystem, an industrial campus that operates autonomously in technology and energy, with an expansion of more than 480,000 square meters dedicated to research and the manufacturing of its own cutting-edge 2-nanometer microchips.
According to information from the automotiveworld portal, he filed for a license to inaugurate the Tesla Terafab North Campus in 2027, a joint semiconductor initiative between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, with a budget between $20 billion and $25 billion.
Musk also wants to create what he calls an ecological paradise, with parks, bike paths, access to the Colorado River, 53 wetlands for flood mitigation, eight ecological corridors, and a 22 km biological drainage system, while the industrial corridor between Austin and San Antonio grows at a rapid pace, with dozens of companies arriving and a real estate boom in a region previously rural and low-income.
Tesla’s Giga Texas, Elon Musk’s grand project, is a factory the size of a city: over 929,000 square meters, visible from space by the solar panels that form the word Tesla, producing the Model Y in a single integrated structure, where employees move around by bicycle, tricycle, and golf cart to cover the distances.
Not satisfied, Elon Musk plans to make the complex even larger, with a chip factory budgeted between $20 billion and $25 billion, in partnership with SpaceX and xAI, planned for 2027, and an ecological paradise along the Colorado River, while the surrounding corridor experiences a real estate boom. It is worth remembering that these expansions are still filed plans and declared goals, which will depend on licenses and execution to come to fruition.
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