Elon's Terafab will build 1 terawatt of AI compute per year, 50x current global production

Elon's Terafab will build 1 terawatt of AI compute per year, 50x current global production | the Terafab is an objective across Tesla, XAI, SpaceX to build one terawatt of AI compute per year... Elon wants to build 50 times the current production rate of the planet.

the Terafab is an objective across Tesla, XAI, SpaceX to build one terawatt of AI compute per year... Elon wants to build 50 times the current production rate of the planet.

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  "caveats": "Elon timing predictions historically 15-20% accurate per Salim; directionally correct even if 3x longer",
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