SpaceX計畫在德州興建240億美元燃氣發電廠與資料中心專案

11月9日（路透社）——根據一份公聽會公告，SpaceX計畫在德州星港市（Starbase, Texas）興建一座投資額約240億美元的燃氣發電廠與超級運算設施。Nov 9 (Reuters) - SpaceX is planning a roughly $24 billion gas-fired power plant and super-compute facility in Starbase, Texas, according to a public hearing notice.

這家業務從火箭延伸到AI的公司提出這項申請之際，外界對資料中心的反對聲浪正升高；選民在41項地方公投案中否決了其中40項資料中心相關提案，而民主黨也在期中選舉中掌控美國國會與德州州長職位，其中部分民主黨人先前曾以暫停新專案作為競選主張。The rockets-to-AI company's request comes as opposition to data centers grows, with voters rejecting them in 40 of 41 local ballot measures and Democrats, some of whom had campaigned on pausing new projects, taking control of the US Congress and the Texas governor's office in the midterm elections.

文件顯示，今年稍早買下伊隆・馬斯克（Elon Musk）AI實驗室xAI的SpaceX，已為該專案申請不動產稅減免。星港市市政委員會將在12月9日的公開會議上審議這項減免案，以及一項相關的經濟發展協議。The filing shows SpaceX, which bought Elon Musk's AI lab xAI earlier this year, has applied for a property tax abatement for the project. The Starbase City Commission will consider the abatement, plus a related economic development agreement, at a public meeting on December 9.

公告將240億美元描述為該專案初期階段的預估資本投資額。公告稱，相關工程可能分多個階段進行，且未來可能擴建。The notice describes $24 billion as the estimated capital investment for the project's initial phases. It said the work may be done in multiple phases and could include future expansions.

SpaceX將興建、擁有並營運這些設施。該專案將成為里奧格蘭德河谷規模最大的民間投資之一。SpaceX would construct, own and operate the facilities. The project would be among the largest private investments in the Rio Grande Valley.

自行興建發電廠，可能讓SpaceX不必為了讓專案接入德州主要電網而等待數年。Building its own power plant could let SpaceX skip a years-long wait to plug a project into Texas' main power grid.

公告未說明減免規模或期限，也未提供發電廠裝置容量或運算作業規模的細節。The notice did not say how large the abatement would be or how long it would last. It also gave no details on the plant's generating capacity or the scale of the computing operation.

SpaceX關係企業Lone Star Mineral Development已提交一條通往星港市、全長8英里的天然氣管線計畫，該管線名為Starpipe，預定於2027年1月前投入服務。根據路透社6月查閱的文件，這條管線將供應一座規劃中的工廠，把天然氣轉化為供Starship火箭使用的液態甲烷。SpaceX affiliate Lone Star Mineral Development has filed plans for an 8-mile natural gas pipeline to Starbase, called Starpipe, that is scheduled for service by January 2027. It will feed a planned plant to turn the gas into liquid methane for Starship rockets, according to filings Reuters reviewed in June.

該公司上月公布第三季營收大增161%，AI營收則成長為9倍。該公司一直將運算容量出租給Google、Anthropic等業者。The company last month reported a 161% jump in revenue and a ninefold increase in AI revenue for its third quarter. The company has been renting out computing capacity to Google, Anthropic and others.

彭博新聞最先報導這項開發計畫。Bloomberg News first reported on the development.

（班加羅爾Akash Sriram報導；Sriraj Kalluvila編輯）(Reporting by Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)