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# Elon Musk says SpaceX headquarters to be in Starbase, Texas

> Dec 12 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on social media platform X on Thursday that the SpaceX headquarters will now officially be in the city of Starbase, Texas.

By Reuters · Published 13 December 2024, 06:48 SAST · Updated 13 December 2024, 06:48 SAST

## Key points
- In a bold Texan two-step, Musk is relocating both X and SpaceX to the Lone Star State, citing a new gender identity law as the final straw while he continues to wrangle with California's tax implications and legal entanglements.
- Elon Musk announced the relocation of X and SpaceX headquarters from California to Texas, citing a new gender identity law as the "last straw."
- SpaceX will move to Boca Chica, while X is heading to Austin; job transfer details remain unclear.
- Musk also shifted SpaceX's incorporation from Delaware to Texas, following a controversial $56 billion pay package ruling.
- This move follows Musk's 2021 relocation of Tesla's headquarters to Texas, where he now resides to benefit from no state income tax.

## Content

In July, Musk said he was [moving](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N3J81H6&linkedFromStory=true) the headquarters of two of his companies - social media platform X and rocket company SpaceX - to Texas from California, citing a new gender identity law there as the "last straw."

The billionaire previously said SpaceX's main office would move to an existing facility in Boca Chica, Texas, while X would move to Austin. However, the extent to which jobs or facilities in California will transfer to Texas was unclear.

He also transferred SpaceX’s incorporation from Delaware to Texas earlier this year. This followed the shareholder vote held by Musk to move Tesla's TSLA.O state of incorporation to Texas, where it has its [headquarters](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL3N3F002Q&linkedFromStory=true), after a Delaware judge invalidated his $56-billion pay package.

In 2021, Musk moved Tesla's headquarters from California to Texas as well but said that California would remain its engineering hub.

Musk changed his own residence in 2021 from California to Texas, where there is no state income tax on individuals.

(Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)