SpaceX to spend $74 billion on two AI supercomputing data center campuses

SpaceX has announced plans to put more than $74 billion into two supercomputing data center campuses for AI, one in Texas and one in Arizona. It shows the rocket company is moving fast into AI computing infrastructure.

The Texas site will cost over $24 billion. It will sit on about 444 acres of SpaceX-owned land near Starbase and train advanced AI models. The site will make its own gas power instead of using the public grid. More than 3,000 building jobs have already been created.

The Arizona site will cost about $50 billion and still needs local approval. It should bring about 5,500 building jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs. SpaceX will also help a local power cooperative upgrade the grid, which could cut some members' power bills by up to 20%.

Reuters says SpaceX is expanding from rocket launches and satellite internet into the massive computing power that AI training needs. But the Arizona project faces pushback, with about 2,400 people signing a petition against it.