SpaceX plans a gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility in Starbase, TX, with ~$24B of investment for initial phases, per a public hearing notice
THE SO WHAT
SpaceX planning ~$24 billion for a gas plant plus supercompute at Starbase shows frontier compute is converging with vertically owned energy. If you’re betting on large-scale AI or simulation, start mapping power, fuel, and permitting risk alongside chip supply—these are now the same problem.
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