According to reports, SpaceX plans to invest $24 billion to build a new project in Interstellar Base City in Cameron County, Texas. The city is built around SpaceX's main rocket manufacturing plant and launch site. The project will include a natural gas power plant and a data center announced by the city government as a “supercomputing facility.” The proposed power plant will be equipped with 35 turbines, with a total generating capacity of 748 megawatts. This is in stark contrast to most artificial intelligence data centers that rely on local grids for power. However, Musk's path in advancing this project may not be easy. Democrat Gina Hinojosa won the Texas gubernatorial election on November 3, defeating current Republican Governor Greg Abbott. During the election campaign, Enojosa opposed the construction of artificial intelligence data centers and accused Abbott of allowing these energy-intensive facilities to continue to expand. Earlier, Abbott ordered the suspension of the relevant approval process on August 3. The new data center project must not continue to advance the grid-connected access process for Texas power grid operators until the regulatory authorities complete the review. It remains to be seen whether SpaceX can bypass this regulatory hurdle by building its own power plants.

According to reports, SpaceX plans to invest $24 billion to build a new project in Interstellar Base City in Cameron County, Texas. The city is built around SpaceX's main rocket manufacturing plant and launch site. The project will include a natural gas power plant and a data center announced by the city government as a “supercomputing facility.” The proposed power plant will be equipped with 35 turbines, with a total generating capacity of 748 megawatts. This is in stark contrast to most artificial intelligence data centers that rely on local grids for power. However, Musk's path in advancing this project may not be easy. Democrat Gina Hinojosa won the Texas gubernatorial election on November 3, defeating current Republican Governor Greg Abbott. During the election campaign, Enojosa opposed the construction of artificial intelligence data centers and accused Abbott of allowing these energy-intensive facilities to continue to expand. Earlier, Abbott ordered the suspension of the relevant approval process on August 3. The new data center project must not continue to advance the grid-connected access process for Texas power grid operators until the regulatory authorities complete the review. It remains to be seen whether SpaceX can bypass this regulatory hurdle by building its own power plants.