SpaceX builds $24B Starbase supercomputer near Brownsville after clearing 60 years of dumped trash
elonmusk · x · 2026-11-13
SpaceX is building the Starbase supercomputing site near Brownsville, Texas, to train frontier AI for medical research, emergency response, advanced manufacturing and national security.
- The site was an unauthorized dump dating to the 1960s; the first job was hauling out scrap metal, old appliances and thousands of illegally dumped tires
- The company is spending $15B on Starship and another $24B on the supercomputer
- It will generate its own power, keeping neighbors' bills unaffected
- $220M is going into Brownsville's water/wastewater system, adding 20M gallons of daily capacity
- 3,000+ construction jobs so far, with 500+ permanent roles to come
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