SpaceX Plans More Than $74 Billion in Texas and Arizona Supercomputing Projects

SpaceX ($SPCX) announced plans November 12 for more than $74 billion in supercomputing investments across Texas and Arizona. The proposed facilities include approximately $24 billion near Starbase and a roughly $50 billion campus in Cochise County, Arizona.

• The Texas project has generated more than 3,000 construction jobs and is expected to support over 500 permanent positions, according to SpaceX.
• The Texas facility will generate its own electricity rather than draw power from the public grid.
• SpaceX committed $220 million to Brownsville-area water and wastewater infrastructure, including $40 million already provided. Identified projects would add approximately 20 million gallons of daily water capacity.
• The Arizona campus is expected to create approximately 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent positions. SpaceX is seeking approval and working with local electric cooperatives.
• Arizona plans include dry cooling, no industrial groundwater consumption and potential electricity-bill reductions of up to 20% for cooperative members.
• SpaceX’s October lobbying disclosures list permitting reform, AI regulation and onshoring advanced manufacturing among its policy priorities, alongside federal infrastructure initiatives and trade policy affecting AI services.

Relevant Companies

• SpaceX ($SPCX): Would fund and develop the proposed supercomputing campuses and associated infrastructure.

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