Overview
SpaceX's Canandaigua, NY facility (one of few independent US BAW fabrication sites) is a 125,000 sqft MEMS chip fab with a Class 100/1000 cleanroom tooled for 150mm wafers, using XBAW piezoelectric bulk acoustic wave technology to manufacture RF filters in-house for SpaceX's Starlink satellites. Key facility details include: The facility is situated at 5700 W. North St., Canandaigua, NY 14424, USA. It focuses on RF / Wireless, Sensors on 150mm wafers. This site represents an estimated investment of $0.0302B. Production at this facility commenced in 2017.
Technology
About SpaceX
SpaceX (Space Exploration Technologies Corp.) is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company that completed the largest IPO in history on June 12, 2026, raising approximately $75 billion at $135/share on the Nasdaq. In May 2025, SpaceX (via subsidiary Tune Holdings) acquired the bankrupt RF filter maker Akoustis Technologies' wafer fab in Canandaigua, NY for ~$30.2M, bringing Starlink RF filter manufacturing in-house. SpaceX is also the operating partner for the Grimes County, TX production fab within the Tesla/SpaceX/Intel 'Terafab' AI-chip megaproject (see Terafab); per SpaceX's IPO prospectus, only a general framework for Terafab's development has been agreed with Tesla so far, with specific projects, timelines, and capital expenditures still subject to separate, not-yet-finalized negotiations.