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SpaceX proposes 750 MW natural gas plant alongside Texas supercomputing center

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SpaceX proposes 750 MW natural gas plant alongside Texas supercomputing center

SpaceX is seeking approval to set up a 750-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power plant and supercomputing facility at Starbase,Texas.

The company separately confirmed on Thursday plans to invest more than $24 billion in the supercomputing project, which will generate its own electricity without drawing power from the public grid.

The proposed facilities are part of a broader development plan for which SpaceX has sought a property tax abatement and a related economic development agreement, according to a public hearing notice issued by the City of Starbase. The city commission is scheduled to consider both requests at a public hearing on December 9.

​To develop the said facilities, the company has proposed an investment of $24 billion, which would be the largest private technology investment ever proposed in the Rio Grande Valley as the company seeks to expand its artificial intelligence computing capabilities.

​The company said the proposed project would be built on roughly 444 acres near the Port of Brownsville and would combine a natural gas power plant with a large-scale data center designed to support AI workloads.

The project has already generated more than 3,000 construction jobs and is expected to support more than 500 permanent positions once operational. The planned investment builds on more than $15 billion the company has already invested in Starship and related infrastructure at Starbase.

​It would construct, own, and operate both the power plant and the supercomputing campus. The space company has been focusing on producing electricity from fossil fuels to power Musk’s larger ambitions in the AI space.


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