SpaceX to make $280M investment in Bastrop facility, awarded Texas grant
- SpaceX received a $17.3 million grant from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund to expand its Bastrop facility.
- The Bastrop facility expansion is projected to create over 400 jobs and involves a capital investment of more than $280 million.
- The purpose of the Bastrop facility is to produce Starlink kits and advanced packaged silicon products, with a planned growth of 1 million square feet.
- Governor Greg Abbott stated that the expanded facility will be the largest printed circuit board and panel-level packaging factory in North America.
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Texas gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX $17.3M to expand manufacturing site near Austin
Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX that provides satellite internet service across the world, received the second largest grant in a new state fund meant to support the semiconductor business in Texas.
Governor Abbott announces Texas semiconductor innovation fund grant To SpaceX
Governor Greg Abbott announced that the fifth Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant of $17.3 million has been extended to Space Exploration Technologies Corporation for an expansion of their semiconductor research and development and advanced packaging facility in Bastrop.
SpaceX to receive $17M from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund Grant
AUSTIN (KXAN) --- On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced SpaceX will get the fifth Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant of $17.3 million. The money is meant to help with the company's expansion of their semiconductor research and development and advanced packaging facility in Bastrop. SIMILAR COVERAGE: Bastrop keeps up with growth, Elon Musk moving another company to the area This expansion will create more than 400 jobs and …
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