Tesla CEO Elon Musk recently highlighted the need for more residential projects in the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area. Musk’s comments came after he posted an enigmatic tweet that seemed to suggest some notable projects in the Texas capital.
Tesla’s CEO initially posted an enigmatic tweet that said “Austin ++” on his Twitter page. True to the nature of Elon Musk’s popular tweets, the single-word posting sparked discussions about what the CEO might be referring to. Some of Musk’s supporters, for example, suggested that the tweet could refer to projects that would significantly improve the Austin area, such as Giga Texas, which is about to employ thousands of people.
Urgent need to build more homes in the Austin metropolitan area!
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 4, 2021
Musk followed his cryptic tweet “Austin ++” with a post stating that there is an “urgent need to build more homes in the Austin metropolitan area!” This seems to suggest that the CEO is anticipating an influx of people that Austin’s current housing infrastructure would not be able to cope with in its current state.
Musk’s recent tweets related to Austin came not long after his recent comments about Gigafactory Texas and the number of workers the factory would employ. Earlier this month, Musk revealed that more than 10,000 people would be needed for Gigafactory Texas by 2022. He also noted that the location was just five minutes from the airport and just 15 minutes from the city center.
More than 10,000 people are needed for Giga Texas by 2022!
– 5 minutes from the airport
-15 minutes from the center
– Right on the Colorado River https://t.co/w454iXedxB– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 31, 2021
Interestingly, Austin is not the only place in Texas that Musk has featured on Twitter. The CEO has also posted about Starbase, Texas, an emerging SpaceX community near South Padre Island. In a recent tweet, Musk noted that Starbase or the Brownsville / South Padre metropolitan area in Texas would need engineers, technicians, builders and other essential support personnel who could work for SpaceX’s expanding operations in the area. Musk also noted that he expects Starbase to grow by several thousand people in the coming years.
Musk appears to be establishing his roots in the State of the Lone Star. Although the headquarters of Tesla and SpaceX remain in California, both companies are building significant facilities in Texas in the form of Gigafactory Texas and Starbase. Previous reports also pointed to other initiatives related to Elon Musk, such as The Boring Company and Neuralink, which also established their presence in Texas.
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