Tesla has submitted plans for a $10.1 billion vertically integrated solar cell manufacturing campus in Fort Bend County under the internal name Project Crystal Sun, seeking property tax limitations under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology and Innovation Act.
Tesla is seeking a ten-year property tax limitation in Texas to support the construction of a $10.1 billion solar cell manufacturing facility, according to application documents posted by the Texas Comptroller.
Code-named Project Crystal Sun, the application outlines a 3,050-acre site near Richmond in Fort Bend County, located within the jurisdiction of the Lamar Consolidated Independent School District. The filing was prepared by consulting firm Kroll and signed on July 22 before surfacing publicly in early August.
If approved and executed as planned, the development would mark the largest single manufacturing investment Tesla has proposed on paper. The capital commitment includes $1.5 billion in real property alongside $8.6 billion in manufacturing equipment and personal property. Tesla projects that the plant will create 9,712 permanent full-time positions once fully operational, along with 1,147 peak construction jobs.
The filing details a fully vertically integrated solar cell and module production stack. Equipment lists submitted with the application include machinery for ingot pulling, wafer slicing, chemical coating, metallization, printing lines, cleanroom systems, and automated material handling.
