SpaceX (SPCX) plans a $24 billion gas plant and computing site at Starbase. Texas has paused data center permits.

Key points SpaceX seeks a Starbase property tax abatement SpaceX's pending Texas air registration near the site How Gina Hinojosa's promised data center ban fits in SpaceX (SPCX) is proposing to build a gas-fired power plant and a "super-compute facility" at Starbase, Texas, with an estimated investment of about $24 billion for the initial phases, according to a public hearing notice from the city. SpaceX also has a state air registration pending for electric generating facilities at a location consistent with the notice. Gov. Greg Abbott ordered the agency reviewing it to stop issuing permits for data centers in September. The Starbase City Commission will consider a property tax abatement agreement and a related economic development agreement for the project at its Dec. 9 meeting, which starts at 7 p.m. The notice names Space Exploration Technologies Corp. as the property owner and the applicant.

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