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Over $74 Billion Poured Into AI: 马斯克's SpaceX Isn't Just Building Rockets—It's Building a Supercomputing Empire

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SpaceX, owned by the world's richest person Elon 马斯克 (Elon Musk), announced on November 12 that it plans to invest more than $74 billion in Texas and Arizona to build two AI-focused supercomputing data center campuses, marking the rocket company's accelerating expansion into AI compute infrastructure. SpaceX plans to invest over $24 billion in a supercomputing facility near Starbase, Texas, to be built on about 444 acres of SpaceX-owned land for training frontier AI models, with self-built gas-fired power generation rather than reliance on the public grid; the project has already created more than 3,000 construction jobs and is expected to support over 500 long-term positions once complete. The other project, in Cochise County, Arizona, represents roughly $50 billion in investment and still requires county approval; SpaceX says it is expected to bring about 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs, will work with the local electric cooperative to upgrade the regional grid—potentially cutting some members' electricity bills by up to 20%—and plans to use dry cooling without industrial groundwater. Reuters interprets this as SpaceX extending its business focus from rocket laun

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Article title: Over $74 Billion Poured into AI: 马斯克's SpaceX Doesn't Just Build Rockets, It Also Wants to Build a Supercomputing Empire

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Over $74 Billion Poured into AI: 马斯克's SpaceX Doesn't Just Build Rockets, It Also Wants to Build a Supercomputing Empire

IT之家 November 13 news: SpaceX, the company owned by the world's richest person Elon 马斯克 (Elon Musk), announced yesterday (November 12) that it plans to invest more than $74 billion (IT之家 note: approximately RMB 494.749 billion at current exchange rates) in Texas and Arizona to build two AI-oriented supercomputing data center campuses, marking the rocket company's accelerating expansion into AI computing infrastructure.

According to the announcement, SpaceX plans to invest more than $24 billion to build a supercomputing facility near Starbase in Texas, to be constructed on about 444 acres of SpaceX-owned land, for training frontier artificial intelligence models. SpaceX said the facility will build its own gas-fired power generation capacity and will not rely on the public grid; the project has already created more than 3,000 construction jobs and is expected to support more than 500 long-term jobs once completed.

The other project is located in Cochise County, Arizona, with a campus investment of about $50 billion (approximately RMB 334.29 billion at current exchange rates), and still requires approval from Cochise County. SpaceX said the campus is expected to bring about 5,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent jobs, and will work with the local electric cooperative to upgrade the regional power grid, potentially reducing electricity bills for some members by up to 20%. The company also said the campus plans to use dry cooling and will not use industrial groundwater.

Reuters interprets this as SpaceX further extending its business focus from rocket launches and satellite internet to the ultra-large-scale computing power needed for AI training. However, the Arizona project faces pressure from local approvals and community opposition; about 2,400 people have already signed a petition opposing the permit, and a county hearing is scheduled for December.

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