SpaceX announced Thursday that it plans to invest more than $74 billion in two large-scale supercomputing campuses in Texas and Arizona as the company expands its computing infrastructure.
The proposed projects include a $24 billion facility at SpaceX's Starbase site in South Texas and a roughly $50 billion campus in Cochise County, Arizona. The company said the Arizona development would create approximately 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent positions once operational.
The Arizona campus still requires approval from Cochise County before construction can move forward. SpaceX has not provided a detailed construction schedule or specified when the facility is expected to become operational.
At Starbase, the company plans to develop a supercomputing facility supported by its own electricity generation rather than relying on the public power grid. SpaceX said the arrangement would allow the campus to produce the energy needed to operate its computing infrastructure without drawing electricity from the surrounding community's grid.
Earlier this week, SpaceX disclosed plans for a natural gas-fired power plant and supercomputing facility at Starbase. The proposed energy infrastructure is expected to support the substantial electricity demands associated with operating large-scale computing systems.
The investment represents a major expansion of SpaceX's operations beyond its traditional rocket and satellite businesses. The company has increasingly pursued large-scale computing projects as part of its broader Super Intelligence ambitions, which require significant computing capacity and dedicated energy infrastructure.
The two campuses would represent more than $74 billion in planned investment across the two states, with Arizona accounting for the larger share of the proposed spending.
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