Here's how SpaceX imagines its massive Terafab chip factory will look
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A planned $16.8B first phase for SpaceX’s Terafab chip plant underscores how AI and space are pulling semiconductors into mega-project territory usually reserved for energy and heavy industry. If you rely on advanced chips, start mapping exposure not just to vendors but to their upstream fab footprints — supply resilience is becoming a site-selection and permitting question, not just a pricing one.
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