Intel is set to join SpaceX, xAI, and Tesla – companies backed by Elon Musk – in an effort to build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Texas, marking an expansion of a project aimed at producing advanced chips for artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.

Known as Terafab, the project was announced in March by Elon Musk as a collaboration between his two companies to develop high-performance chips for applications including AI computing, satellite systems and a proposed space-based data centre, as well as future autonomous vehicles and robotics.

“Our ability to design, fabricate, and package ultra-high-performance chips at scale will help accelerate Terafab’s aim to produce 1 TW/year of compute to power future advances in AI and robotics,” Intel said in a recent post on X.

Intel did not provide further details on the scope of its involvement.