Musk Says Tesla Will Build A 2nm Dirty Fab Where He Can Smoke Cigars And Eat Burgers

Semiconductor engineers everywhere are clutching their lint-free jumpsuits in horror as Elon Musk has announced his latest disruption: the "dirty fab," a chip lab so chill in its standards that you could smoke and eat a double fat cheeseburger inside.

Elon - “I think they’re getting clean rooms wrong in these modern (chip) fabs. I’m going to make a bet here, that @Tesla will have a 2nm fab, and I can eat a cheeseburger and smoke a cigar in the fab.” 😂😅 https://t.co/cro6t91lHu

— The AI Investor (@The_AI_Investor) January 6, 2026

Even as industry leaders like TSMC and Intel spend billions of dollars on ultra-pure cleanrooms where a single stray eyelash can ruin a multimillion-dollar wafer, Musk believes the future of silicon can involve a lot more grease. During a recent interview on Moonshots, the Tesla CEO laid out a vision for a 2-nanometer TeraFab that tosses the ...