City planning October 30, 2026 · City of Starbase · Permits

A SpaceX permit for 444 acres in Starbase lists its address as "40193 TX 4 Data Center"

The City of Starbase building permit log shows a SpaceX application, 2026-STAR-NCB00002, accepted Oct. 15, 2026. Its address reads "40193 TX 4 Data Center, Starbase." Its description of work reads "444 Acres." Its status is "Plan Review: In Progress," and no issued date is listed.

Starbase annexed 444.46 acres on a SpaceX petition on Sept. 21, 2026. Three days later, the city issued SpaceX a site development permit described as "444 acres - mass grading."

The log does not say what SpaceX plans to build there, how big a data center would be, or how much power or water it would use. The same log has an older, separate entry from September 2025 at a different address, "51823 TX 4 UNIT 03 (Data Center)."

• Flight 15: SpaceX said Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 that Ship 42's static fires are complete: the Starship for Flight 15 ran a full-duration, six-engine static fire and fired a single Raptor engine to simulate a deorbit burn. An FAA air traffic slide lists Flight 15 for Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026, with no launch time or site. Live desk.
• Police Cybertrucks: the city introduced the Starbase Police Department's Cybertrucks on X on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2026, under Chief Glenn Bennett. It has not posted the results of Wednesday's commission meeting yet. Yesterday's story.

Next: we'll post the permit's next status when the city's log changes.

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Sources: City of Starbase building permit log (permits 2026-STAR-NCB00002 and the Sept. 24, 2026 "444 acres - mass grading" permit) · SpaceX on X, Oct. 28, 2026 · FAA Command Center slide, Oct. 29, 2026 deck · City of Starbase on X, Oct. 29, 2026 · NASA space station blog, Oct. 29, 2026 · NASA, Oct. 29, 2026 · The 956 Report, Oct. 29, 2026