Transportation
BY BEN THOMPSON & CHLOE YOUNG
City advances temporary museum relocation The Mexic-Arte Museum is planning to temporar- ily relocate to the Austin History Center during the redevelopment of its longtime home downtown. The overview The original three-story museum at 419 Congress Ave. is being demolished and reconstructed. The expansion, partially funded with $14 million from Austin’s 2006 and 2018 cultural bonds, will replace the museum with a four-story, 30,000-square-foot building with galleries, a gift shop and other upgrades. While that work takes place, Mexic-Arte could shift its operations to the history center at 810 Guadalupe St. City Council authorized the muse- um’s lease of 12,072 square feet at the AHC in April, although negotiations are ongoing. Under the approved lease outline, the museum would pay Austin $100 annually over a three-year
Elon Musk announces major chip plant Billionaire Elon Musk announced he’s bringing the world’s largest-ever semicon- ductor plant to Austin. The details Terafab—a joint venture between Tesla, SpaceX and xAI—would produce a combined compute capacity of 1 terawatt annually, according to a post by Tesla on X. The fab would enable the companies to escalate their production efforts, Musk said. “We either build the Terafab or we don’t have the chips,” Musk said at a March 21 livestreamed event downtown. Terafab could be 100 million square feet, he said on X, and several potential sites are under consideration.
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lease with optional fourth year extension. Mex- ic-Arte will also cover upkeep and security services at the history center. Other costs to the city like potential renovations are still under review. During its temporary stay at the AHC, the museum would be required to report on its programming including several annual exhibitions, educational events and tours.
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