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Intel Joins Elon Musk’s Terafab Project to Build Chips for Humanoid Robots and Data Centres

9:46 PM IST · April 8, 2026

Intel, on Tuesday, announced that it will join Elon Musk's Terafab project, alongside SpaceX, Tesla, and xAI. The chipmaker said that it will bring its domain expertise in designing and fabricating processors to help the billionaire build and scale the aim of developing chipsets for humanoid robots and data centres. First announced in March, Terafab wants to produce more than one terawatt of compute per year. Notably, chip fabrication is considered one of the most difficult ventures, requiring extremely high funds and years of research and development.