Elon Musk wants to build a s $24 billion gas-powered AI supercomputer in Texas company town
Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to build a $24 billion gas-fired data center and AI supercomputer in Starbase, Texas, with a public hearing scheduled for December.
Starbase, the company town that hosts SpaceX’s Starship rocket program, has posted a notice for a public hearing on a gas-fired power plant and supercomputing facility within its corporate limits. The project has an initial cost of $24 billion and is apparently owned by SpaceX. The facility will be a massive 10 gigawatt site.
Until now, SpaceX has been building out its Colossus I and Colossus II data centers near the Mississippi-Tennessee border. These projects have faced backlash, attracting a lawsuit from area residents that aims to curb the pollutants produced by the large number of gas turbines required to power those facilities.
The new Starbase project could face headwinds from incoming Texas governor Gina Hinojosa. She has campaigned against approving new data centers until the state's legislature has enacted stronger protections against potential harms from those projects.
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