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SpaceX Builds Texas Foundry to Solve AI Power Supply Bottleneck
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Fusion42 · 30 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
SpaceX is building a foundry in Bastrop, Texas, to manufacture high-temperature gas turbine blades and vanes, aiming to reduce delivery delays by up to 18 months and ease power shortages critical to AI data centres and aerospace operations. The move targets a bottleneck caused by limited global suppliers and has implications for accelerating AI chip production and SpaceX's rocket engine components.
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You can now compete to replace the turbine suppliers creating a critical power bottleneck for AI and aerospace. SpaceX’s foundry unlocks fast turbine availability, shifting dependency away from scarce global vendors.
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