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According to a Wednesday report from The Information, Elon Musk’s Spacex company is getting ready for a massive new data center in Texas.

This growth would greatly boost the firm’s AI processing power past its current hub in Memphis, Tennessee (the “Colossus” facility), which runs two locations delivering roughly 1 gigawatt of capacity.

Also, the report states SpaceX evaluated several Texas sites over recent months as it contemplates constructing multiple facilities from scratch or adapting a former warehouse.

These updates follow SpaceX’s AI computing agreements signed with Anthropic back in May and Google in June, expanding its strategy to commercialize its AI hardware.

Additionally, the planned Texas infrastructure might equal or surpass the gigawatt-level power of existing hubs holding hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs.

Furthermore, per The Information, the space tech enterprise has dispatched various current data center employees to Texas to prepare for this growth. With data centers rapidly being planned for Texas, powering them could become an issue. Therefore, this will require the state to develop power facilities to meet their energy demand.

Even so, formal verification from Elon Musk remains pending.

Project Factsheet

Project Owner: SpaceX (SpaceXAI)

Primary Location: Texas, USA (Evaluating multiple sites across the state)

Primary Objective: Expand AI compute capacity, diversify infrastructure, and support commercial AI cloud services

Infrastructure & Technical Specifications

• Target Power Capacity: 1GW (Gigawatt-scale; expected to match or exceed the Memphis campus)
• Hardware Footprint: Hundreds of thousands of Nvidia GPUs
• Construction Model: Hybrid approach: Building ground-up facilities and/or retrofitting existing warehouses
• Operational Blueprint: Mirroring rapid-deployment playbooks implemented at existing facilities

Key Operational & Strategic Drivers

• Commercial Partnerships: Monetizing infrastructure via compute-leasing agreements with major AI players (e.g., Anthropic, Google).
• Resource Readiness: Initial deployment of data center personnel and operational teams to Texas is already underway.
• Regional Advantages: Leveraging Texas’s deregulated energy grid (ERCOT), natural gas resources, and existing corporate infrastructure footprint.

SpaceX Texas Data Center: Project Team

Developer: SpaceX

Data Center Field Teams: Existing facility personnel, construction managers, and site technicians recently dispatched to Texas from the Memphis (Colossus) campus to establish early site logistics.

Power and Energy Systems Engineers: Specialized engineering teams focused on power plant integration, high-voltage infrastructure, and natural gas turbine hookups to support ultra-dense power demands.

Permitting and Site Development Specialists: Regulatory, environmental, and zoning leads tasked with managing Texas local grid interfaces and site acquisitions.