SpaceX plans more than $74 billion of AI supercompute campuses in Texas and Arizona
SpaceX says it plans more than $24 billion for a self-powered facility at Starbase in Texas and roughly $50 billion for a campus in Cochise County, Arizona, which still needs county approval.
Why it matters
The plan moves SpaceX, whose AI segment produced more than half its third-quarter revenue according to Reuters, further into the frontier compute race. The Texas site will generate its own power rather than draw from the public grid; a Starbase city notice points to a gas-fired plant. The Arizona campus faces a petition with 2,400 signatures and a county hearing in December, and the Starbase commission considers a tax abatement on 9 December. Watch both local decisions and whether the gas plant proceeds.
Key facts
- More than $74 billion across two campuses
- More than $24 billion at Starbase, Texas
- Roughly $50 billion in Cochise County, Arizona
- Arizona: about 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs
- Texas site generates its own power; $220 million for Brownsville water
- Starbase tax abatement vote on 9 December