Texas Anchor Facilities

Directory · 31 facilities in five sectors

The fabs, gigafactories, aerospace and defense sites, energy plants and critical-materials projects behind the Texas AI buildout. The 73 data centers have their own directory.

  • Fabs and chip research
  • Gigafactories and manufacturing
  • Aerospace and defense
  • Energy
  • Critical materials
Map of Texas with 31 non-data-center anchor facilities colored by sector: fabs, gigafactories, aerospace and defense, energy and critical materials TI Richardson (RFAB1 + RFAB2): Texas Instruments, Richardson Samsung Taylor Fab Campus: Samsung, Taylor TI Sherman (SM1): Texas Instruments, Sherman Samsung Austin Fab: Samsung, Austin Terafab Production Facility: SpaceX / Tesla / Intel, Anderson Energy Abundance Hydrogen City: Energy Abundance Development Corp, Duval Tesla Project Crystal Sun: Tesla, Richmond Giga Texas Complex: Tesla, Austin Substrate Inc. / Project Factory One: Substrate Inc., Bryan SpaceX Starbase: SpaceX, Boca Chica SpaceX Project Echo Solar Factory: SpaceX, Bastrop Samson Solar Energy Center: Invenergy, Multi-county NE Texas Roscoe / King Ranch Wind Cluster: RWE + multiple operators, Multi-county W and S Texas MP Materials Magnet Plant: MP Materials, Fort Worth Firefly Aerospace: Firefly Aerospace, Cedar Park Rodeo Ranch Energy Storage: Plus Power, Pecos TIE NGMM Center: Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE), Austin Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute (TSI): Texas A&M, Bryan Tesla Lithium Refinery: Tesla, Robstown Round Top Mountain Project: USA Rare Earth Inc., Sierra Blanca T1 Energy G2_Austin Solar Factory: T1 Energy, Rockdale SpaceX Bastrop Compound: SpaceX, Bastrop SpaceX Semiconductor Advanced Packaging Facility: SpaceX, Bastrop Sandow Lakes / Xebec Manufacturing: Xebec, Rockdale Noveon Magnetics Plant: Noveon Magnetics, San Marcos Starlink Factory Bastrop: SpaceX, Bastrop Tesla Brookshire Megapack Factory: Tesla, Brookshire CTSDC Spaceport and Defense Innovation Campus: CTSDC (multi-tenant), Cedar Park EnergyX Project Lonestar: EnergyX, Hooks Saronic Port Alpha: Saronic Technologies, Brownsville SpaceX Gigasat Factory: SpaceX, Bastrop DFW HOUSTON AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO BOCA CHICA DOT SIZE: COMMITTED CAPITAL
Facilities
31
Fabs
8
Gigafactories
6
Aerospace and defense
9
Energy
4
Critical materials
4

Overview

The Facilities That Are Not Data Centers

Select a sector to filter the map and the tables; a linked name has its own AustinIO page.

The 73 Texas data center campuses AustinIO tracks have their own Texas Data Centers directory with capacity, power and status. This page lists the other 31 anchor facilities: the fabs, gigafactories, aerospace and defense sites, energy plants and critical-materials projects the data centers serve and depend on.

Sector

Fabs and chip research

Fabs and chip research: 8 facilities, largest capital first
FacilityOperatorLocationTypeStatusCommitted
TI Richardson (RFAB1 + RFAB2)Texas InstrumentsRichardson300mm analogOperational$60B
Samsung Taylor Fab CampusSamsungTaylorAdvanced node logicUnder Construction$44B
TI Sherman (SM1)Texas InstrumentsSherman300mm analogExpanding$30B
Samsung Austin FabSamsungAustinFoundry logic and memoryOperational$18B
Terafab Production FacilitySpaceX / Tesla / IntelAndersonAdvanced node logicUnder Construction$16.8B
Substrate Inc. / Project Factory OneSubstrate Inc.BryanIndependent commercial fabPre-Construction$10B
TIE NGMM CenterTexas Institute for Electronics (TIE)AustinAdvanced packaging R&DUnder Construction$440M
Texas A&M Semiconductor Institute (TSI)Texas A&MBryanResearch cleanroomUnder Construction$430M

Gigafactories and manufacturing

Gigafactories and manufacturing: 6 facilities, largest capital first
FacilityOperatorLocationTypeStatusCommitted
Tesla Project Crystal SunTeslaRichmondSolarPlanned$10.1B
Giga Texas ComplexTeslaAustinAnchor ClusterExpanding$10B
Tesla Lithium RefineryTeslaRobstownLithium hydroxide refineryUnder Construction$370M
T1 Energy G2_Austin Solar FactoryT1 EnergyRockdaleSilicon solar cellsUnder Construction$350M
Sandow Lakes / Xebec ManufacturingXebecRockdaleAnchor ClusterExpanding$240M
Tesla Brookshire Megapack FactoryTeslaBrookshireGrid-scale battery storageOperational$200M

Aerospace and defense

Aerospace and defense: 9 facilities, largest capital first
FacilityOperatorLocationTypeStatusCommitted
SpaceX StarbaseSpaceXBoca ChicaLaunch + productionExpanding$3B
SpaceX Project Echo Solar FactorySpaceXBastropAerospace-grade PVUnder Construction$2B
Firefly AerospaceFirefly AerospaceCedar ParkLaunch vehicles + lunar landerExpanding$500M
SpaceX Bastrop CompoundSpaceXBastropAnchor ClusterExpanding$280M
SpaceX Semiconductor Advanced Packaging FacilitySpaceXBastropAdvanced packagingUnder Construction$280M
Starlink Factory BastropSpaceXBastropTerminals + PCBExpanding$200M
CTSDC Spaceport and Defense Innovation CampusCTSDC (multi-tenant)Cedar ParkInnovation clusterUnder Construction$120M
Saronic Port AlphaSaronic TechnologiesBrownsvilleDefenseAnnounced-
SpaceX Gigasat FactorySpaceXBastropOrbital compute satellitesUnder Construction-

Energy

Energy: 4 facilities, largest capital first
FacilityOperatorLocationTypeStatusCommitted
Energy Abundance Hydrogen CityEnergy Abundance Development CorpDuvalGreen hydrogen productionUnder Construction$12B
Samson Solar Energy CenterInvenergyMulti-county NE TexasUtility solarOperational$1.6B
Roscoe / King Ranch Wind ClusterRWE + multiple operatorsMulti-county W and S TexasUtility windOperational$1B
Rodeo Ranch Energy StoragePlus PowerPecosStandalone battery storageOperational$480M

Critical materials

Critical materials: 4 facilities, largest capital first
FacilityOperatorLocationTypeStatusCommitted
MP Materials Magnet PlantMP MaterialsFort WorthSintered NdFeB magnets (virgin)Expanding$700M
Round Top Mountain ProjectUSA Rare Earth Inc.Sierra BlancaHeavy REE concentratePre-Construction$350M
Noveon Magnetics PlantNoveon MagneticsSan MarcosSintered NdFeB magnets (recycled)Expanding$210M
EnergyX Project LonestarEnergyXHooksLithium hydroxide refineryUnder Construction$30M

Record

Dataset Record

Dataset
AustinIO facility nodes (nodes); the 31 non-data-center rows shown here
Committed capital
The dataset capital_committed_b field
Map
Placed by city; multi-county energy sites by region
Last verified
Q4 2026