Meaning of gigafactory | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A very large manufacturing facility.
   slang
2. A factory producing electric batteries at a large scale.
   slang

Examples

“The new AI “gigafactories” would be much larger, targeting what the commission called “moonshots”: significant innovations in healthcare, biotech, industry, robotics and scientific discovery. […] While the best-performing AI factories have supercomputers equipped with up to 25,000 advanced AI processors, a gigafactory would exceed 100,000 AI processors, the strategy document said. […] EU officials envisage three to five AI gigafactories in the EU at a cost of around €3-5bn each, compared with €600m for the biggest AI factory.”

““The main constraint on our production is really the cells,” Musk explained. “We are not quite ready to make a big announcement on the cell and battery giga factory, but we are exploring a lot of these options right now.””

“Tesla Motors has chosen Nevada for its proposed $5-billion gigafactory battery plant, which it says will drive down the cost of its cars.”

“Tesla is building a massive gigafactory in northern Nevada.”

“Koch thinks the gigafactory should be hiring more people from the community, whether there are incentives or not. But would the Nevadans compromise a bit on wages in order to at least have a job?”

“The factory marks the arrival of battery-making gigafactories in Europe that will challenge Tesla, which is building at a plant in Nevada, and opens the way for a quicker shift toward green power for both cars and utilities.”

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