Musk plans to build town for his Texas workforce

ELON MUSK is planning to build a town on thousands of acres of farmland in Texas to create a community where his employees can live and work.

Over the past three years, entities linked to Mr Musk have purchased at least 3,500 acres of land near Austin, where there are production facilities for Tesla, Spacex and tunnelling firm the Boring Company.

Among the people whom the Tesla chief executive has consulted to help him design the town are his ex-girlfriend, the Canadian singer Grimes, and Kanye West.

Local sources told The Wall Street Journal that the world’s richest person owns or controls up to 6,000 acres in the area.

Mr Musk is said to have discussed incorporating the new town of Snailbrook – an apparent reference to the Boring Company’s mascot – in Bastrop County, south east of Austin.

This would allow him to set some of his own regulations and offer more than 100 new homes to his employees in the area at “below- market” rents.

The planned town is next to existing Boring Co and Spacex facilities currently under construction, and the site features a pool, outdoor sports complex and a gym.

The proposals also include a huge private residential compound for Mr Musk, according to the report.

Some local residents have raised concerns about the plans, including how testing of the Boring Co’s tunnelling technology could affect groundwater and wells in the area.