- Since 2020, all the large companies in Elon Musk have moved their head office to Texas.
- Satellite images show how SpaceX, Tesla, X and The Boring Company have developed in recent years.
- Texas may be the new Musk shopping center, but this is not the only place it expels.
You don’t have to spy on space to find out that Elon Musk is developing his corporate empire in Texas, but that shows how enormous his impact becomes.
This week, Musk announced that he planned to step back from the Doge Office in May to concentrate more time on Tesla. Before Tuesday, Tesla stock fell by 44% this year.
Musk said he had managed his businesses “with great difficulty“During his time with Doge. His hindsight could give him more time to refocus on his other main societies, which all have an increasing imprint in Texas.
At the end of the 2010s, Musk had increased more and more with California’s laws and regulations and decided that Texas offered a more favorable environment for business.
Thus, in 2020, the Musk Tunneling Company, The Boring Company, moved its headquarters from California to Texas, followed by Tesla in 2021 and X and SpaceX in 2024. Small businesses of Musk, Neuralink and X.AI, also have links with Texas.
The satellite images below show the exponential growth of his business through the Lone Star State in recent years, and what Musk has in store then. Musk did not respond to a request for comments from Business Insider.
SpaceX bought land in Texas in 2012 near the village of Boca Chica. The small community near the Mexican border had around 30 houses at the time.
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To make room for its new rocket launch site – Starbase – SpaceX tried to buy the locals, telling some that he was no longer sure to live there. Many have taken over, some remained.
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SpaceX tests the largest rocket in the world at Starbase. The potential pollution of launches and explosions presents certain environmentalists concerned for nearby water systems and wildlife habitats.
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About 500 people now live in Boca Chica, even Musk has a house. On May 3, its residents should vote on the advisability of making Starbase its own city.
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About 350 miles in the north is Bastrop, which has gone from agricultural land without business to a massive company campsite for several musk companies.
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Recently, Texas has granted SpaceX a subsidy of $ 17.3 million to extend its Starlink satellite manufacturing plant to Bastrop. The headquarters of X and The Boring Company is also there.
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The satellite images suggest that the machines of the boring company build tunnels under the road.
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The Brain-Computer Interface Company of Musk, Neuralink, also plans to develop in the Austin region by building an installation of $ 14.7 million in Del Valle.
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In addition to corporate and manufacturing facilities, Musk also extends its educational imprint in Texas. Just at the bottom of the road to Bastrop is the AD Astra school for the 3 to 9 year olds.
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Musk also plans to build 110 houses on land near the AD Astra school. He calls for the development of “incredible project” housing.
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Musk opened another Ad Astra school in Brownsville, near Boca Chica, which closed in 2023. SpaceX recently filed a license to start building a new AD Astra, which should cost $ 20,000,000.
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Texas is not the only place where Musk extends his business. Tesla has a gigafactory in China …
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… And another in Grünheide, in Germany. This is the first Tesla manufacturing plant in Europe.
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