Neighbors in rural Texas county are not happy about Elon Musk’s plan to erect world’s largest building
THE SO WHAT
A semiconductor factory the size of 1,000 Costcos running into local resistance underlines that AI-era fabs are as much political and social projects as engineering ones. If your roadmap depends on new mega-footprint facilities, start stakeholder work — water, traffic, tax base, housing — as early as site selection.
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