SpaceX Aims to Build 10-Gigawatt Solar Factory Near Austin

SpaceX is planning to build a massive, 10-gigawatt solar manufacturing facility near Austin as part of Elon Musk’s ambition to power artificial intelligence data centers in space.

The facility in Bastrop, Texas, will include two floors that each would make five gigawatts of solar cells, according to permit filings submitted to Bastrop County and obtained by Bloomberg News.

The documents appear to be part of SpaceX’s plan to double the size of its existing Bastrop facility this year to make solar cells along with new Starlink products, which the company detailed in its filing for an initial public ...