X will mark the spot for Musk’s fourth Bastrop County company—not including his soon-to-open Montessori school, Ad Astra.
What’s happening
Officials said more infrastructure is needed, including wastewater treatment and traffic adjustments, to support the move.
The Musk facilities, which include The Boring Company, Boring Bodega, SpaceX’s Starlink, and X, will be connected to the new wastewater treatment plant.
Bastrop Public Information Manager Colin Guerra said Corix Utilities Texas—a private water, wastewater and gas utility provider—will transport the wastewater from the Musk facilities to the new wastewater treatment plant, which began for residents west of the Colorado River on May 8.
Traffic in that area is another factor to consider, officials said.
Jeffrey Barker, Texas Department of Transportation spokesperson, said X is in the permitting process to design and construct additional left- and right-turn lanes on FM 1209.
Carrillo said there are plans to widen the highway as well.
What else?
Hamner said construction began in July on a second Boring Bodega, located adjacent to the current Boring Bodega—which offers drinks, snacks and a cafe.
“It is my understanding that the X headquarters will be located to the left of the second bodega,” Hamner said. “The rate that they build, I bet it is up by the middle of next year.”
Hamner said the Musk companies currently employ about 3,000 employees—not counting the contractors working on the expansions.
“This is a big economic boom for the county,” Hamner said.
Some context
This comes following a post made by Musk on July 16, stating he would move the X headquarters from California to Texas as a result of the signing of California’s Assembly Bill No. 1955.
The bill mandates school officials to develop resources “for the support of parents, guardians, and families of LGBTQ pupils and strategies to increase support for LGBTQ pupils,” and prevents officials “from enacting or enforcing any policy, rule or administrative regulation that requires an employee or a contractor to disclose any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent,” per the bill’s summary.
“This is the final straw,” Musk said in his post, adding that he would also move the X headquarters to Texas from California.
X officials did not respond to requests for comment.