$TSLA - TESLA TERAFAB SEEN AS FIRST STEP TOWARD 2027 TSLA-SPACEX MERGER Wedbush sees Elon Musk’s new Terafab chip plants in Austin as key to Tesla’s AI strategy, powering cars, robots, and SpaceX data centers. The facilities aim for 1 terawatt of capacity—double current U.S. output—addressing supplier limits. Wedbush says the project accelerates Tesla’s AI ambitions and could lay the groundwork for a Tesla–SpaceX merger around 2027.