Elon Musk’s Company X headquarters will move from San Francisco to Texas on Friday, September 13, due to disagreements with local authorities. Luck Some workers were told they had to move to another state or face layoffs, he wrote.
In late August, employees received notice that the office would be closing in two weeks. They were offered the opportunity to move to other corporate offices in Texas.
Musk announced in July his intention to close his San Francisco headquarters and move his headquarters to Austin, citing the governor’s approval of a bill that would give educational institutions the authority to determine the gender of children, which he said could lead to families leaving the state.
Twitter, the social network that was renamed X after Musk bought it in 2022, was founded in San Francisco in 2006. In 2012, the company moved into a large art deco building in the city center, renting between 43,000 and 65,000 square meters of space. In July, local media reported that the company was looking for tenants for some of its facilities. You can already find ads on real estate sites about subleasing offices in the X building.
There is no word yet on the opening date and location of the new X office. Musk also announced that his space company SpaceX will be moving from California. SpaceX’s headquarters are also expected to move to Texas, where the company already has manufacturing and research facilities and the Starbase launch pad. The Gulf Coast is where the Starship spacecraft is being tested.
Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott has expressed his support for the business and its full relocation to the state.
Musk previously named The Australian government is “fascist”.