SpaceX Brings More Jobs in Right to Work Texas
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation, more commonly known as SpaceX, is investing $280 million in order to expand its operations in Right to Work Bastrop, Texas. The company will also create 400 new jobs as a result.
From Area Development Magazine:
“Incredible innovation and high-tech manufacturing is happening in Texas as a direct result of Governor Abbott’s leadership and the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund initiative. […] We love Texas. SpaceX is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into our Bastrop facility. This grant will help continue to expand Bastrop’s manufacturing for Starlink to help connect even more people across the state and around the world with high-speed, low-latency internet.” […]
“Texas connects the nation and the world with the most advanced technologies manufactured right here in our great state. […] I congratulate SpaceX on their more than $280 million investment in this Texas-sized expansion of their semiconductor R&D and advanced packaging facility in Bastrop, which will be the largest of its kind in North America. Working together with innovative industry leaders like SpaceX, Texas will continue to rank No. 1 for semiconductor research and high-tech manufacturing and secure critical domestic supply chains as we build a stronger, more prosperous Texas than ever before.”
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