gigafactory

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Sense 1

Meaning · English

A very large manufacturing facility.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

The new AI “gigafactories” would be much larger, targeting what the commission called “moonshots”: significant innovations in healthcare, biotech, industry, robotics and scientific discovery. […] While the best-performing AI factories have supercomputers equipped with up to 25,000 advanced AI proces

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Sense 2

Meaning · English

A very large manufacturing facility. — A factory producing electric batteries at a large scale.

Register: slang

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “gigafactory” mean?

A very large manufacturing facility.

Is “gigafactory” formal or informal?

gigafactory is generally slang.