The Starbase City Commission will consider a property tax abatement and a related economic development agreement on 9 December 2026. The estimate covers the project’s initial phases.
SpaceX proposes to build, own and operate a gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility in Starbase, Texas, with an estimated $24 billion in investment for the initial phases, a public hearing notice says. Construction may take place in multiple phases and include future expansions.
The notice was posted on 6 November, after Brownsville released the site from its city limits on 29 August. On 21 September 2026, Starbase annexed 444.46 acres on a SpaceX petition, according to Gateway to Mars; the tract matches the proposed site’s size and location. Three days later, the city issued a site development permit for mass grading, Gateway to Mars reported.
The proposed site covers approximately 444 acres east of Brownsville, between Boca Chica Boulevard and the Port of Brownsville, within Starbase city limits in Cameron County. SpaceX owns the property, identified as Cameron County Property ID 171887, and is the applicant, The 956 Report said in its account of the notice.
The proposed tax abatement under Chapter 312 of the Texas Tax Code would exempt some or all of the new property value from city property taxes for a set period. The separate economic development agreement under Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government Code could provide grants, loans or other assistance, but the notice does not specify what it would include. Neither agreement has been approved.
The notice does not disclose the plant’s generating capacity, the scale of the computing operation, or the amount and duration of the proposed tax abatement.
The commission’s hearing is scheduled for 19:00 local time on 9 December 2026 (05:00 Yerevan time the following day) at 48491 State Highway 4, Starbase, Texas 78521. The notice invites interested people to attend and speak on the proposed agreements.
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