Neighbors in rural Texas county are not happy about Elon Musk’s plan to erect world’s largest building

MarketWatch Monday 17 August 2026, 09:04 UTC 1 min read

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The latest project of trillionaire Elon Musk is a semiconductor factory the size of 1,000 Costco stores, and local residents are concerned about the impact.

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