This is part of a $280 million investment in the factory, which currently makes about 15,000 Starlink dishes per day. The money comes from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund.

SpaceX is making a sizeable investment in its operations near the Texas capital, according to a Wednesday release from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Abbott announced the state will be chipping in with a $17.

On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott announced SpaceX will get the fifth Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant of $17.3 million. The money is meant to help with the company's expansion of their semiconductor research and development and advanced packaging facility in Bastrop.

Starlink, a division of Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX that provides satellite internet service across the world, received the second largest grant in a new state fund meant to support the semiconductor business in Texas.