Added by the AvP : Humans module is the Quarry. The Quarry in itself occurs as a result from a Quarry Terminal and the required resources being established and properly set up. This machinery allows players to excavate entire chunks up to a 3x3 scale massively expanding resource production.
Quarry technology is incredibly expensive to maintain, and requires a lot of persistent maintenance, resources and time in both its construction and on-going mining operations.