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SpaceX plans gas power plant and data center at Starbase

The proposed project is in Cameron County; Comal County residents can watch the next decision on possible local tax incentives.

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A conceptual plan for a power plant and data center near a coastal launch site; it does not depict the proposed project as built.Illustration: Comal.News

Reuters reported Nov. 9 that SpaceX plans a $24 billion gas power plant and data center at Starbase.

For Comal County residents, this is a Texas-scale proposal located in Cameron County, as The Texas Tribune reported. The reported figure is a proposed project total, not a per-household cost or a Comal County investment.

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News report summaryProposed Starbase project
The Texas Tribune reported a proposed data center and power plant at Starbase and a planned hearing on possible tax incentives.
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A newsroom summary of published reporting; the underlying tax-incentive application was not included in the filed records.

The Texas Tribune reported Nov. 10 that a hearing on possible local tax incentives is planned for December. The project's underlying tax-incentive application had not been posted in the filed material when this story was prepared, so the proposed terms cannot yet be described from a primary record.

San Antonio Express-News reported on the proposal Nov. 12.

The next records to inspect are the official hearing notice, the tax-abatement application and any decision on incentives. Readers can follow the reported hearing and proposed project in The Texas Tribune's account while those records become available.

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