SpaceX confirmed on November 12, 2026 that it will invest more than $74 billion to build two AI supercomputing campuses, one in Starbase, Texas, and another in Cochise County, Arizona. The announcement, made by the company and reported by Reuters, details the company's largest investment in artificial intelligence infrastructure to date.
Arizona: about $50 billion, approval still pending
The Arizona campus is expected to receive about $50 billion and still needs county approval. According to the company, the project would create about 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs. SpaceX said it will work with local electric cooperatives and that the project could cut cooperative members' bills by up to 20%. The campus would use dry cooling, with no planned industrial use of groundwater.
The project faces local opposition: a petition with 2,400 signatures asks officials to deny the permit, and a county public hearing is scheduled for December.
Texas: more than $24 billion in Starbase
In Starbase, Texas, SpaceX expects to spend more than $24 billion. The facility would generate its own electricity rather than draw from the public grid — a city notice this week showed plans for a gas-fired power plant and a supercomputing facility on about 444 acres. The city commission is due to consider a property tax abatement for the project on December 9.
According to the company, the Texas project has already generated more than 3,000 construction jobs and would support more than 500 permanent jobs once operational.
AI is already SpaceX's biggest business
According to Reuters, SpaceX's AI segment generated more than half of the company's revenue in the third quarter, showing how far the business has moved beyond rockets and Starlink satellite internet. The announcement expands on the plan Geekiki reported on November 6, when SemiAnalysis estimates indicated the company was already building 3.6 GW of AI data centers, targeting 13 GW by 2027.
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Image credit: Jenny Hautmann for Supercluster, via Wikimedia Commons. The photo shows the Starbase sign in Texas, with Starship prototypes in the background.
Sources
- BusinessDay / Reuters — SpaceX plans $74bn AI expansion in Texas and Arizona
- The New York Times — SpaceX Plans $74 Billion Investment to Build Data Centers in Texas and Arizona
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