Overview
- SpaceX and Tesla have confirmed Terafab, a Grimes County semiconductor complex with a $16.8 billion first phase expected to create about 3,000 jobs.
- Terafab is described as a vertically integrated fab that will combine logic, memory, advanced packaging and testing with a target output of roughly 1 terawatt of compute per year and the potential to expand toward a multi‑phase total near $119 billion.
- Project Crystal Sun appears in a Tesla Chapter 312/JETI filing for a $10.1 billion vertically integrated solar cell plant in Fort Bend County that projects about 9,712 permanent jobs and reserves the option to locate out of state if tax incentives are not granted.
- Public filings and reporting show Terafab plans to draw water from Gibbons Creek Reservoir and to use newly built on‑site natural gas plants paired with very large battery arrays for firm power, with Tesla solar not included in the stated power plan.
- Local authorities have approved or are considering large tax abatements and a $30 million state grant, and the projects now face permitting, environmental review, financing details and clarified partner roles as the next key steps.