SpaceX Bets $74 Billion on Two AI Supercomputing Campuses

SpaceX plans to invest more than $74 billion in two massive artificial intelligence supercomputing campuses in the United States—a bold move that underscores the growing demand for AI computing infrastructure. County and city filings disclosed the investment, which the company confirmed on Thursday, November 12, 2026.

• Arizona: A $50 billion, 747-acre campus in Cochise County, near Willcox Playa and approximately 80 miles east of Tucson. The facility is planned to have a 6-gigawatt power capacity and is projected to create about 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent positions.

• Texas: A $24 billion facility near SpaceX’s Starbase headquarters in South Texas, close to the Port of Brownsville. It will include a privately built and operated gas-fired power plant. The project has already generated more than 3,000 construction jobs, with 500 permanent positions expected once it is complete.

SpaceX already sells computing capacity from its Colossus data centers to major AI companies, including Anthropic and Google.

Both projects face environmental scrutiny. The Texas development also faces political headwinds: newly elected governor-elect Gina Hinojosa campaigned on a statewide moratorium on new data centers.

Sources: UPI | The Next Web