Elon Musk is building a TeraFab facility to produce one terawatt of AI compute annually, a 50x increase over current global output of 20 gigawatts.
Peter Diamandis argues progress should be measured in raw compute power, not chip counts, as demand from robots and space infrastructure explodes.
Only 20% of the TeraFab's output will power Tesla's terrestrial robots and vehicles; 80% is destined for SpaceX orbital hardware and a Dyson sphere.
SpaceX requires radiation-hardened chips for its space infrastructure, pushing the supply chain beyond terrestrial manufacturing norms.
Alex Greenaway argues domesticating chip production at this scale would neutralize the strategic threat of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
Removing dependency on TSMC for advanced intelligence infrastructure lowers the global risk of conflict, according to Greenaway.
Reaching a petawatt of compute requires lunar mining, using electromagnetic mass drivers to move material.
Greenaway calculates a petawatt-scale Dyson swarm would require disassembling roughly 3/100,000th of the Moon's total mass.
Musk is consolidating his industrial ecosystem into what Greenaway calls a $100 trillion unified company to outpace national economies.
The strategy is to build the future's infrastructure directly, bypassing and replacing the existing global supply chain.