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SpaceX is building its own natural gas power plants and massive battery arrays to fuel its $16.8 billion Terafab semiconductor factory in Texas, catering to the soaring energy demands of AI data centers — a move that signals Elon Musk’s companies are prioritizing fossil fuels despite Tesla’s solar focus, as xAI data centers already run almost entirely on natural gas, amid a 66% spike in plant costs driven by tech giants like Google, Meta, and Microsoft racing to secure power in Texas’ emerging hub for self-sufficient data centers.

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