SpaceX plans $24 billion AI supercomputer and gas plant in Starbase, Texas

What happened

The company has proposed a gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility on a tract of approximately 444 acres east of Brownsville, near the Port of Brownsville. The City of Starbase is set to take up the proposal at a public hearing scheduled for December 9, 2026.

Those turbines are expected to deliver an initial output of approximately 748 MW. SpaceX is a space company based in Hawthorne.

It also wants to build the power plant to run it. The estimated initial capital investment is $24 billion.

On the agenda: tax abatements and economic development agreements tied to the project. A power plant with a computer attached The public notice for the project went out on November 6, 2026.

It describes a super-compute facility with infrastructure for up to 35 temporary gas turbines. Construction activity at the site already contains applications for mass grading and air-quality permits covering temporary gas turbines.

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