Stanley

Here’s a closer, more detailed look at the new @boringcompany tunnel being prepared to begin tunneling soon. This is located just NE of the new Advanced Tech Chip Fab and will go under the Colorado River as it is constructed. Once completed, it will be a single Bi-directional tunnel for vehicular traffic. The primary work today is still setting up the operations, and now the Prufrock 3 cutting head is in place and the gantries have been moved to prepare for assembly. More tunnel liners have been delivered and a large section of the construction fencing has been removed. Power conduits are also being constructed to bring electricity to the operations site. Check it out!

11 November 2026 Giga Texas Snapshots! Happy Veterans Day! In between me coming back from Kennedy Space Center and heading to Starbase for Starship Flight 15, I stopped by the factory to get an update and boy, was there a lot of progress in just the past 6 days I was traveling! The Test Track was quite busy with Cybercabs going through both straight sections with the rough roads, while nearby, a refresed @tesla_semi was hooked up to transport trailers (there were other Semi’s throughout the site today). At the N end of the factory, more work built in out large pipes and other interior work where we know 4680 cell production expansion is underway. This work has been going on for most of 2026 and I think is getting close to completion. On the E side of the factory, the Vertical Reciprocating Conveyor system is getting vertical stringers to most likely enclose most of the structure and allow for a weatherproof connection to the factory. This is likely how castings will be transported form the ground floor up to the the Cybercab production line & will also allow for more efficient overall casting movement. The electrical switchyard underground concrete tunnel sections to the new N extension of Cortex 2 is making a lot of progress, with about half of the total length of this conduit system that will bring additional power to the newly expanded Datacenter. The Advanced Tech Chip Fab is getting one of the last large sections of ground foundation poured with concrete today, while the steel superstructure continues a fast pace of assembly, particularly on the E side. More grade & GeoPier work around the perimeter ground area of the new facility is underway, along with a lot of crews fabricating the huge steel truss beams. The @boringcompany tunnel work is making a lot of progress setting up the operations, with the Prufrock 3 cutting head now in place and the gantries have been moved to prepare for assembly. More tunnel liners have been delivered and a large section of the construction fencing has been removed. Power conduits are also being constructed to bring electricity to the operations site. Finally, the Optimus factory has made significant progress on the N end, now at the full length as the steel column assembly is now on the grade beam. The rounded corners of the building are very evident with the curved steel sections now installed, while crews continue to work on assembling more steel on the E side & S end. The perimeter grade is being widened further with more land reclamation work, especially on the E side. Lots more to see today! Happy Veterans Day!