With ‘Starbase’ and a new Starlink factory, Musk deepens foray into Texas Musk is shaking things up in Texas, with an idea to create a ‘City of Starbase’ and a new Starlink plant in Austin Share this story SpaceX’s Boca Chica Starship plant is growing rapidly. Pieces of SpaceX’s ambitious plans to expand its sizable foothold in Texas were on full display this week in three very different corners of the internet. CEO Elon Musk speculated on Twitter about a proposed city in Texas named Starbase, while new job descriptions on the company’s website hinted at an anticipated “state of the art” factory for mass-producing Starlink satellites. And the company made its latest move in a protracted legal fight for a methane-rich piece of land that will supply fuel for Starship.