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EPISODE · Mar 23, 2026 · 24 MIN

Elon Musk's Terafab: The Impossible Plan for a Galactic Civilization

from Limitless: An AI Podcast · host Limitless

This past Saturday night, Elon Musk walked onto a stage in Austin, Texas and announced the most ambitious industrial project in human history. It's called TeraFab, a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI to build a chip factory the size of San Francisco, producing one terawatt of computing power per year. That's more than the entire United States generates in electricity.In this episode, we break down everything: the $25 billion price tag, the two-chip architecture (one for Earth, one for space), the 100 million square foot facility that hasn't even been sited yet, and why 80% of its output is being launched into orbit on AI satellites powered by sunlight. We cover the ASML monopoly, the supply crisis forcing Elon's hand, the SpaceX IPO that funds the whole thing, and the endgame vision: an electromagnetic mass driver on the Moon that launches satellites into deep space without a rocket.Everything you're about to hear sounds like science fiction. All of it is grounded in real physics.------🌌 LIMITLESS HQ ⬇️NEWSLETTER:    https://limitlessft.substack.com/FOLLOW ON X:   https://x.com/LimitlessFTSPOTIFY:             https://open.spotify.com/show/5oV29YUL8AzzwXkxEXlRMQAPPLE:                 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/limitless-podcast/id1813210890RSS FEED:           https://limitlessft.substack.com/------TIMESTAMPS00:00 Introducing TeraFab02:42 Phase 1: Prototype03:36 Phase 2: Scale07:58 Why Are They Even Trying This?10:36 Space AI15:21 Lunar Mass Driver19:17 SpaceX Tesla Merger------RESOURCESJosh: https://x.com/JoshKaleEjaaz: https://x.com/cryptopunk7213------Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here:https://www.bankless.com/disclosures⁠

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