On April 7th, 2022 Elon Musk announced that Tesla’s newest factory, dubbed Giga Texas, is the largest building in the world. Measuring in at 1,166 meters it would be the tallest building on Earth (if the building was picked up and placed on it’s side). This would beat out the Burj Khalifa, which stands at 829 meters tall, by 337 meters. Again, this is if Giga Texas was picked up and placed on it’s side. However, Giga Texas is still the largest building in the world by volume; coming in at 338 million cubic meters of space (Business Insider). Elon announced that the factory was large enough for “194 billion hamsters to fit inside”.

While Giga Texas may be the largest building in the world due to its volume I still refer to the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE as the tallest building in the world. The skyscraper comes in at 829 meters or 2,722 feet tall; which is over a half mile in height! As you can see in the image below it just towers above it neighboring structures. Whether you consider Giga Texas the largest building in the world or prefer it to be the Burj Khalifa; one thing is for certain. Both of these buildings are truly two of the greatest engineering marvels of this world.