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SpaceX data center and gas-fired power plant (Starbase)

Starbase, Cameron County, TX

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SpaceX data center and gas-fired power plant (Starbase) is an announced data center project in Starbase, TX.

Aerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain)

Project status

Announced
Permitting
Under constructionNot yet
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Latest news

Nothing written about this data center yet. The latest from Cameron County, TX:

SpaceX plans $24 billion data center on land Brownsville removed from city limits
fox4news.comNov 11, 2026

Records and documentation

Texas state legislation

PUCT Docket No. 59475 - Oncor/LCRA Bell County East Switch-Big Hill 765kV Transmission LineApprovalinterchange.puc.texas.govFiled March 2026; 122 alternative routes, 835+ protests. Explicitly justified by data-center load concentration in the Temple/Bell/Williamson County corridor; an intervenor has questioned whether specific "Temple Data Centers" were properly included in the load forecast.Download
PUCT Docket No. 59142 - ERCOT Large Load Interconnection "Batch Zero" ProcessApprovalinterchange.puc.texas.govPUCT approved (~June 2026) ERCOT's one-time transitional study process for ≥75MW load interconnection requests; tied to Gov. Abbott's Aug 2026 directive pausing/auditing the queue. CenterPoint reported ~14GW of its own projects positioned in this batch.Download
PUCT Project No. 58481 - Large Load Interconnection Standards Rulemaking (PURA §37.0561)Approvalinterchange.puc.texas.govStatewide rulemaking adopting 16 TAC §25.194, interconnection standards for new/expanding loads ≥75MW (data centers). Adopted 2026 with a flat $100k study fee, eliminated non-refundable interconnection fee.Download
Economic Development Program Agreement (Seafox) / Tax Abatement & Road Improvements AgreementsCommunity benefits agreementfas.orgMOU-based economic development program agreement (plus a Chapter 312 tax abatement agreement and a road-improvements development agreement) covering a data center project in El Paso.Download
PUCT Docket No. 59399 - Comanche Peak Power Company Net Metering Application (Amazon)Documentinterchange.puc.texas.govPending as of mid-2026 -- test case for data center co-location against dispatchable (nuclear) generation. Amazon data center campus paired with the Comanche Peak nuclear plant, Somervell County.Download

Site details

Operator: Not announced
County: Cameron County, TX
Address: Starbase, TX
Stage: Announced

Capacity and size: not on file

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Photos

Aerial imageryUSGS The National Map · public domain
SpaceX plans $24 billion data center on land Brownsville removed from city limitsFOX 4 News
Texas officials advance plan for data center on LDS Church landSalt Lake Tribune
Westlake approves agreement, clearing way for controversial North Texas data centerCBS News
SpaceX’s data center outside Texas city would circumvent moratoriumWashington Examiner
Texas Comptroller Clarifies Data Center Exemption for Power EquipmentBloomberg Tax News
$500 million data center filed near Love FieldThe Dallas Morning News
Why Vernon is the only place building data centers in L.A.Los Angeles Times