SpaceX Plans to Invest Over $74 Billion in Two Supercomputing Parks

SpaceX plans to build two supercomputing parks in Starbase, Texas, and Cochise County, Arizona, with a total investment exceeding $74 billion. The Starbase project is expected to invest over $24 billion, while the Arizona park is projected to invest around $50 billion. SpaceX's AI business contributed more than half of the company's revenue in the third quarter. The Arizona park still needs approval from Cochise County and is expected to create about 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs, utilizing dry cooling and not planning to use industrial groundwater. A petition with 2,400 signatures has called for officials to deny the permit, and a public hearing will be held in December. The Starbase facility will generate its own power and will not connect to the public grid, with related plans covering approximately 444 acres, including a gas power plant and supercomputing facilities; the project has already created over 3,000 construction jobs and is expected to support over 500 permanent jobs after it goes into operation.