SpaceX Plans $24 Billion Texas Power and Supercomputing Complex

SpaceX plans to invest about $24 billion in an initial phase for a gas-fired power plant and supercomputing complex at Starbase, with a proposed property-tax break coming before the city council Dec. 9.

SpaceX would build, own and operate both facilities on a roughly 444-acre tract in Cameron County. The parcel sits east of Brownsville, between Boca Chica Boulevard and the Port of Brownsville. It is within Starbase's city limits and Cameron County's enterprise zone.

The $24 billion estimate covers an initial phase, with construction potentially divided into stages and expanded later.

Starbase's city council has scheduled a public hearing for its evening meeting Dec. 9 to consider a property-tax abatement and a related economic development agreement. Residents can comment before the council takes up the proposed agreements.

The land was removed from Brownsville's city limits this summer and later incorporated into Starbase. Brownsville has also started a 90-day pause on data center applications.