The next stage of Elon Musk’s X project is here, with X now officially requesting legal recognition of Bastrop, Texas as its new home base.
According to a court filing in X’s legal dispute with former CNN anchor Don Lemon, X has now requested to change the location of its head office to Bastrop, which is also home to SpaceX and The Boring Company.
As reported by Forbes:
“Last month, X updated a number of incorporation documents to reflect the Bastrop address, show exhibits filed by the company. Musk is requesting that litigation in the Lemon lawsuit be allowed to proceed in Texas.”
Which is no surprise.
Back in July, Musk announced that X would be leaving its long-held San Francisco HQ, due to Musk’s personal disagreement with law changes in the state relating to gender identification among kids.
Musk had also highlighted safety concerns in the city, while with 80% fewer staff, X also no longer has the need for such an expansive office space.
Last month, X informed staff that it would be vacating its San Francisco building within weeks, with staff to be re-deployed to offices in San Jose, Palo Alto, and Texas.
And now, Texas has been confirmed as the official home base for the company, bringing it more into line with Musk’s other projects.
The new X head office is located in “Hyperloop Plaza”, which is a shopping center complex owned by Musk. X is also currently hiring for a new safety center in the region, with the majority of X staff to eventually be shifted to the new address.
It’s the end of an era for the company formerly known as Twitter, which had become synonymous with San Francisco as part of the broader Silicon Valley movement. But now, the company is being realigned in Musk’s vision, while closer linkage to Elon’s other projects (most notably xAI) will enable him to more easily share resources and expertise across his various initiatives.
The external impact will likely be limited. X has already implemented a significant shift in its content moderation approach, and that’s had a big effect on the broader feel of the app. But in terms of development, having Elon’s various entities working more closely alongside each other is only going to benefit their collective development, as various groups focus on different projects across the different companies.
Within reason, and what’s allowed by the board and external regulations on such. Elon’s already sharing hardware between his organizations, which has raised some eyebrows, but having all of these systems working in closer conjunction will enable greater collaboration of this type.
But that does also shut the door on what had been Twitter. The physical relocation is essentially the full stop on the Twitter story, with X now taking over in that space.
