This is attributed to Tesla and Elon Musk. It seems to stem from November 2013 when Elon told investors that the company needed a Giga factory. This presented the world with the idea of a very large factory.
The idea was to have the first Giga factory being comparable in size to all the other lithium-ion battery production in the world.
Elon's view of the "machines building the machines" can be drawn back to the idea of a Giga factory.
Locations:
- Giga Nevada in Storey County, Nevada, U.S.
- Giga New York in Buffalo, New York, U.S.
- Giga Shanghai in Pudong, Shanghai, China
- Giga Berlin in Grünheide, state of Brandenburg, Germany
- Giga Texas in Austin, Texas, U.S.
- Giga Mexico in Nuevo León, Mexico (announced March 2023)
Giga means billion and really applies to energy as in Gigawatt. Tesla targets Giga Watts of energy storage.
The company has a goal of producing 3 Terra Watts of battery storage in 2030. This is to be used for both electric vehicles along with the energy storage.