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SpaceX Starbase gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a Texas corporation (SpaceX)
In short: Location: Starbase (just east of Brownsville, between Boca Chica Blvd and the Port of Brownsville), Cameron County, Texas. Status: Proposed / in development. Developer or parties: Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a Texas corporation (SpaceX). Size: Approximately 444-acre tract (City of Starbase notice); MW not stated in the notice. Investment: Estimated capital investment for initial phases of the project is approximately $24 billion, which may be constructed over multiple phases and include future… Latest record (Nov 6, 2026): Starbase notice: Dec. 9 hearing on a Chapter 312 tax abatement and related Chapter 380 agreement for SpaceX's proposed gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility. Last verified Nov 8, 2026.
- Status
- Proposed / in development
- Developer / parties
- Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a Texas corporation (SpaceX)
- Location
- Starbase (just east of Brownsville, between Boca Chica Blvd and the Port of Brownsville), Cameron County
- Size
- Approximately 444-acre tract (City of Starbase notice); MW not stated in the notice
- Investment
- Estimated capital investment for initial phases of the project is approximately $24 billion, which may be constructed over multiple phases and include future expansions (City of Starbase notice)
- Last verified
- 2026-11-08
Milestones
- City of Starbase Notice of Public Hearing: the City Commission will consider a Chapter 312 property tax abatement and a related Chapter 380 economic development agreement at its regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, December 9, 2026 at 7:00 p.m. at 48491 State Highway 4, Starbase, Texas 78521. Applicant and property owner: Space Exploration Technologies Corp., a Texas corporation ("SpaceX"). The notice says SpaceX proposes to construct, own, and operate a gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility on an approximately 444-acre tract just east of the City of Brownsville, between Boca Chica Blvd and the Port of Brownsville, inside Starbase city limits in Cameron County, currently contained in Cameron County Property ID# 171887, in the Cameron County Enterprise Zone, which under Tex. Tax Code § 312.2011 constitutes a reinvestment zone for Chapter 312. Nothing in the notice is an approval. The 956 Report said the city posted the notice Friday, November 6, 2026. Distinct from fluidstack-cameron and the eneus-rgv-cameron lead.
Linked power & water
Power
- Official record On-site gas-fired power plant: SpaceX proposes to construct, own, and operate a gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility (City of Starbase notice). MW is not stated in the notice. cdn.prod.website-files.com ↗
Land, jobs & economic impact
Related records
Starbase notice: Dec. 9 hearing on a Chapter 312 tax abatement and related Chapter 380 agreement for SpaceX's proposed gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility.
Source: cdn.prod.website-files.com ↗956 Report: City of Starbase posted Friday a Dec. 9 hearing notice on tax-abatement and Chapter 380 deals for SpaceX's proposed $24 billion project.
Source: the956report.com ↗Brownsville agenda: final reading of Ordinance 2026-1823 disannexing about 444.45 acres from city limits and ETJ; ordinance says landowner SpaceX requested it.
Source: brownsvilletx.api.civicclerk.com ↗MyRGV: Brownsville commissioners voted unanimously to disannex 444+ acres at SpaceX's request, tied to a $220M SpaceX water-infrastructure deal (Project Quantum).
Source: myrgv.com ↗Sources
- News report cdn.prod.website-files.com
- News report the956report.com
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