Texas Megaprojects That Are Going To Transform the State

Texas is building again, on a scale the state hasn't seen in a hundred years. From chip factories on the prairie to a sea wall across Galveston Bay, these are the megaprojects that are going to transform Texas, and the ones that may never be finished. In this documentary, we go project by project across the state: the Texas Instruments chip plants in Sherman, Samsung's troubled factory in Taylor that Tesla rescued, the Stargate data center in Abilene, a nuclear-powered AI campus planned outside Amarillo, and SpaceX's new city of Starbase. We follow the ship channels and natural gas terminals on the coast, the $34 to $57 billion Ike Dike, Houston's rebuild of I-45, Austin's plan to bury I-35, the Dallas to Houston bullet train that never left the station, DFW Airport's new Terminal F, the Texas Stock Exchange, and the $20 billion fight to keep Texas from running out of water. Some of these projects are already running. Some are halfway built. And some are in serious trouble. Which one do you think will change Texas the most, and which one will never be finished? Tell us in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 Texas Is Building Again 1:58 Sherman: The Silicon Prairie 3:56 Taylor: The Samsung Gamble 6:20 Abilene: Stargate 8:26 Amarillo: The Nuclear Dream 10:36 Starbase: The Rocket City 12:36 The Ship Channels 14:24 The Gas Coast 16:22 The Ike Dike 18:57 Houston: Rebuilding Interstate 45 20:54 Austin: Burying Interstate 35 23:05 The Train That Never Left the Station 24:50 Dallas: The Airport and the Money 26:41 Water: The Project Underneath Everything 28:23 What Texas Becomes SOURCES Texas Instruments – Sherman manufacturing site: https://www.ti.com/about-ti/manufacturing/sherman.html Office of the Texas Governor – $17 Billion Samsung Facility in Taylor: https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-new-17-billion-samsung-manufacturing-facility-in-taylor Data Center Dynamics – Oracle and OpenAI drop Abilene Stargate expansion: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/oracleopenai-drop-plans-to-expand-flagship-abilene-stargate-site-meta-in-talks-to-pick-up-crusoe-capacity-with-nvidias-help/ TechCrunch – SpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/28/spacexs-starship-rocket-reaches-orbit-for-the-first-time/ Gulf Coast Protection District – Galveston Bay Barrier System: https://gcpdtexas.com/our-projects/coastal-texas-project/galveston-bay-barrier-system/ Spectrum News – Why Houston's I-45 project cost and timeline have grown: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2026/06/08/houston-s-i-45-expansion-project--why-the-cost--timeline-has-increased Texas Tribune – Austin's Project Connect light rail: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/21/austin-project-connect-texas-light-rail-public-transportation/ KPRC Click2Houston – Texas high-speed rail still stalled: https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2026/09/18/texas-high-speed-rail-still-stalled-after-two-decades-of-promises/ Texas Public Radio – Texas needs at least $174 billion to avoid a water crisis: https://www.tpr.org/environment/2026-04-17/texas-needs-at-least-174-billion-to-avoid-water-crisis-state-says #Texas #TexasHistory #Megaprojects