GoKawiilSpaceX plans $24B gas-powered data center in Starbase, Texas
Starbase, Texas has posted notice of a public hearing for a gas-fired power plant and supercomputing facility within city limits, with an initial price tag of $24 billion. The facility is reportedly tied to SpaceXSI and would sit in a town largely owned by SpaceX and populated mainly by its employees, following earlier gas-powered data center builds near the Mississippi-Tennessee border that drew a lawsuit from nearby residents over pollution.
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Because Starbase functions largely as a company town, SpaceX may face less local pushback than it did in Memphis, but Bloomberg notes incoming Texas governor Gina Hinojosa campaigned against approving new data centers without stronger state protections, which could complicate the project regardless of local sentiment. The company's own notice that the $24 billion figure covers only 'initial phases' suggests further expansion could follow if the regulatory environment stays favorable, supporting SpaceX's broader goal of deploying 10 gigawatts of compute by 2027.
- SpaceX-linked project would build a $24B gas-fired power plant and supercomputer in Starbase, Texas.
- Starbase's status as a company town may reduce local opposition compared to SpaceX's contested Memphis data centers.
- Incoming governor Gina Hinojosa's anti-data-center stance could pose a regulatory hurdle despite local support.
Source: tomshardware.com — Jowi Morales, 2026-11-11
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