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The larger campus, in Arizona, still needs county approval. The Texas site would generate its own electricity rather than rely on the public grid.
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The proposed campuses would expand SpaceX’s existing AI-computing business, which the company said generated more than half its revenue in October. The projects are at different stages: Texas is planned on company-owned land with on-site power, while the larger Arizona development still needs county approval. Their scale comes as SpaceX sharply increases spending, making permitting and delivery important to watch alongside demand from outside AI customers.
SpaceX proposes $24 billion for 444 acres near Starbase, Texas, where the data center would generate its own electricity; further regulatory requirements are unclear.
The $50 billion Cochise County, Arizona, campus is projected to create 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs, but needs county approval.
Anthropic has committed to pay SpaceX up to $120.5 billion for computing through 2029, while Google pays $920 million per month.
SpaceX is proposing two new data-center campuses with a combined $74 billion investment, adding to its business supplying computing power to AI companies. Announced on November 12, 2026, the plans pair a Texas site designed to generate its own electricity with a larger Arizona campus that still needs county approval.
The Texas proposal calls for $24 billion of investment on 444 acres of company-owned land near SpaceX’s Starbase rocket site in the Rio Grande Valley.
SpaceX says the Texas data center will generate its own power rather than rely on the public grid. Whether the project needs further regulatory approvals remains unclear.
Arizona would receive the larger investment: a proposed $50 billion campus in Cochise County. SpaceX says it would create 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs.
Planned near Starbase on 444 acres owned by SpaceX, with its own electricity generation.
Planned for Cochise County, where county approval is still required.
SpaceX’s AI unit, xAI, operates four data centers near Memphis, Tennessee, and Southaven, Mississippi. SpaceX also leases computing power to other AI companies, including Anthropic and Google.
Anthropic has committed to paying SpaceX up to $120.5 billion through 2029 for computing, according to The New York Times. Google pays SpaceX $920 million per month for computing power.
The customer business is already central to SpaceX’s finances. In October, the company reported that its AI business accounted for more than half of its revenue.
SpaceX reported third-quarter capital expenditures of $19.6 billion in October, nearly three times the year-earlier level.
Chief financial officer Bret Johnsen had already signaled another spending increase. In October, he said SpaceX was likely to spend $35 billion to $40 billion in the three months ending in December.
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