Gigafactory New York

For another factory sometimes called Gigafactory 2 until 2017, see Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg.
Gigafactory New York
Large white sign, with red letters spelling "Tesla", in the parking lot of a long, low building.
Entrance to Gigafactory New York
Map
Built2014–2017
OperatedAugust 2017 (2017-08)
LocationBuffalo, New York, United States
Coordinates42°51′32″N 78°50′24″W / 42.859°N 78.840°W / 42.859; -78.840
Industry
Products
Employees1,500 (2020)[1]
AreaFloor area: 1,200,000 sq ft (110,000 m2)[2]
Address1339 South Park Ave
Owner(s)State of New York
Websitetesla.com/gigafactory2

Gigafactory New York (also known as Giga New York or Gigafactory 2)[3] is factory leased by Tesla, Inc. in the Riverbend section of Buffalo, New York. The factory, owned by the State of New York, was built on brownfield land remediated from a former steel mill. Construction of the factory started in 2014 and was completed in 2017. It produces the Tesla Solar Roof and Tesla Superchargers. Additionally, Tesla employs data analysts for its Autopilot software at the site.

The plant was a component of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's "Buffalo Billion" stimulus package to provide US$1 billion in investments in the Buffalo area. In 2013, Cuomo announced that lighting manufacturer Sorra and solar panel manufacturer Silevo would share the site. SolarCity purchased Silevo in 2014, and SolarCity was acquired by Tesla in 2016. The companies announced plans to increase the manufacturing operations and employment at the site, bumping Soraa out of the plant, and New York’s total investment in the factory increased to $959 million. The plant has been criticized as offering little economic benefit in exchange for the significant state funding it received.

Between 2017 and 2020, Tesla's partner Panasonic built solar panels in the building and helped Tesla begin production of its Solar Roof solar shingles. However, the Solar Roof product proved challenging to produce, and Panasonic decided to exit the solar business in 2020. That same year, Tesla began Supercharger construction and Autopilot labeling work at the plant and increased number of employees at the plant, eventually fulfilling its job creation commitments to New York State. Beginning in 2024, Tesla is also building Dojo supercomputer hardware at the factory.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hanley was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Tesla GigaFactory 2". Archived from the original on October 22, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Musk, Elon [@elonmusk] (January 25, 2020). "Going with nomenclature of Giga [most widely understood location name] vs Giga #, so Giga Shanghai, Giga Nevada, Giga New York & Giga Berlin" (Tweet). Retrieved January 26, 2020 – via Twitter.