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Texas  + Austin  + Industrial  |  May 7, 2026
Terafab
Mike Boyd
By: Mike Boyd

Musk Eyeing Bryan-College Station Site for Massive Chip Fabrication Plant

Elon Musk may be preparing to build a massive semiconductor fabrication plant near the Texas A&M campus, just outside Bryan-College Station.

His Space Exploration Technologies Corp. company has requested a tax abatement for the Terafab project from Grimes County. The Austin Business Journal said Musk tweeted on X that the Grimes County location is among several sites under consideration for the Terafab project.

Reports indicate the initial capital investment was pegged at $55 billion, with an estimated total of $119 billion if additional phases are constructed.

The idea behind the plant is to build enough high-powered, specialized chips to power millions of humanoid robots, vehicles and space travel.

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About Mike Boyd

Mike covers our Texas and Phoenix/Southwest regions. He is a veteran news reporter who spent 10 years in radio and television news, mostly in Tucson, Arizona. Following his career in the media, he spent ten years as a communications executive for a publicly traded development company. Mike is married with three boys and three Huskies.
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