SpaceX plans to invest more than $74 billion in AI campuses in Texas and Arizona, including over $24 billion at Starbase and roughly $50 billion in Cochise County. The projects would create thousands of construction and permanent jobs.
SpaceX said it plans to spend more than $24 billion on a supercomputing campus at its Starbase site in Texas and roughly $50 billion on a campus in Cochise County, Arizona. The company’s AI segment generated more than half its revenue in the third quarter.
The Arizona campus needs county approval and would create about 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs. SpaceX said it is working with local electric cooperatives and that the project could cut members’ bills by up to 20%; it plans to use dry cooling and no industrial groundwater. A petition with 2,400 signatures opposes the project, and a county public hearing is set for December.
The Starbase facility would generate its own electricity rather than draw from the public grid. A city notice showed plans for a gas-fired power plant and supercomputing facility on about 444 acres. The Starbase City Commission is due to consider a property tax abatement on December 9; SpaceX said the project has generated more than 3,000 construction jobs and would support over 500 permanent jobs once operational.
