Tesla never really does anything in half measures, and since Elon Musk moved the company’s headquarters to Giga Texas, pretty much every single new project of the electric vehicle maker has been massive. This true even for the Giga Texas complex itself, as it is a gigantic building with a gigantic supercomputer cluster, and more recently, some really large flags as well.
Recent drone flyovers of the Giga Texas complex have revealed that Tesla was building three massive flagpoles near the main building’s entrance. The flagpoles themselves are quite large, with estimates from the Tesla community suggesting that they are about 165 feet tall.
Giga Texas, Tesla Headquarters pic.twitter.com/eqbIP1ID5q
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2024
In the spirit of “Tesla speed” construction, the three flagpoles were installed in days, and massive flags were promptly hoisted up. As could be seen in photos of the new installation, Giga Texas is now flying the American flag, the Texas flag, and the Tesla flag in the flagpoles. Estimates from industry watchers have estimated that each of the flags being flown at Giga Texas is 30 ft x 60 ft., or 1,800 square feet.
Those are among the largest flags in the market, and they fit Giga Texas’ gargantuan size very well. The facility, after all, is one of the largest buildings in the United States, being the second-largest factory in the country and the second-largest building in the world by volume. Elon Musk joked during the Cyber Rodeo that Giga Texas would fit 194 billion hamsters—which is a pretty ridiculous number of the critters if one were to think about it.
Tesla's Giga Texas factory, which produces the #1 most American-made car, the Model Y, and the #1 most American-made full-size pickup truck, the Cybertruck, has now installed its massive 30 ft by 60 ft American flag, as well as the Tesla flag and Texas State flag🇺🇸 https://t.co/vqqBUWFQfN
— Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) September 17, 2024
What is quite interesting is that the Tesla Giga Texas complex is still being developed further. Elon Musk has also noted in the past that Tesla would be creating an “ecological paradise” that could be open to the public in the Giga Texas complex. An ecological paradise would make the Giga Texas complex not just a workplace for the company’s employees but a destination for tourists and residents as well.
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