GRIMES COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) – Documents show WIT TECH LLC, a company connected to Elon Musk, purchased six parcels of land in Grimes County on May 27, 2026.
The acquisitions include critical water infrastructure, a three-acre parcel containing a pump station on the Navasota River, and a one-acre parcel consisting of the river itself.
This happened one week before Grimes County commissioners voted on June 4th to approve a 100% tax abatement for the SpaceX Terafab project, a deal worth up to $119 billion.
On May 5th, SpaceX announced it was potentially bringing its massive Terafab chip manufacturing center to Grimes County.
The announcement sparked public hearings, community meetings, and eventually led to the county commissioners’ vote on June 4th.
But while digging through public documents for our ongoing coverage of the Terafab project, we discovered something that happened between those two dates, something that had not been discussed publicly.
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On May 27th, just one week before the commissioners voted, several major tracts of land were purchased in Grimes County.
All of them by the same entity: WIT TECH LLC.
In total, we found six parcels totaling more than 2,700 acres.
Our investigation began with the company itself.
WIT TECH LLC is registered in Wyoming, but its principal office address is in Austin, Texas.
The company’s registered agent is Registered Agent Solutions, Inc., based in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
But the real breakthrough came when we traced the company’s ownership and management.
Our investigation connected WIT TECH LLC to Jared Birchall, a key figure in Elon Musk’s business empire.
Birchall manages Excession LLC, Musk’s family office that oversees his vast personal fortune, private security, and day-to-day affairs.
He also serves as a top executive across SpaceX, Neuralink, The Boring Company, and other Musk ventures.
What we discovered about the land itself is particularly striking.
When we mapped out the six parcels, a pattern emerged.
Three of the parcels sit directly on or adjacent to Gibbons Creek, a major water source in the area.
But it was two small parcels, just one and three acres, that told the real story.
Documents show WIT TECH LLC purchased a three-acre parcel containing a pump station on the Navasota River.
Right next to it, it bought a one-acre parcel that consists of the river itself and what appears to be a low dam.
The deed explicitly references river pumps.
This wasn’t just land acquisition.
This was a water infrastructure acquisition.
A semiconductor manufacturing facility the size of Terafab requires enormous amounts of water for cooling and processing.
The strategic positioning of these purchases, particularly the acquisition of the Navasota River pump station and direct river access, suggests SpaceX was securing critical water infrastructure before publicly announcing the project to Grimes County.
The Navasota River pump station has a documented history in the region.
It was originally operated by TMPA (Texas Municipal Power Agency) as a raw water intake facility.
When reservoir levels dropped, these heavy-duty pumps drew water directly from the Navasota River and transferred it via pipeline to the Gibbons Creek basin, a critical backup system for the area’s water supply.
The largest parcel is 1,694 acres located at 8733 Timberwolf Trail in Anderson, Texas.
Another significant parcel is 248 acres on FM244 in Iola, Texas.
These two alone account for nearly 1,950 acres.
The remaining four parcels are smaller but strategically important.
The three-acre parcel with the pump station on the Navasota River, the one-acre parcel consisting of the river itself, and two additional parcels totaling about 415 acres round out the acquisition.
In total, the six parcels span 2,796.5 acres with an assessed value of $3,216,460.
However, the actual purchase price is unclear.
The deeds show nominal consideration of $10, with the real price listed as “other good and valuable consideration”, a standard legal practice that keeps actual sale prices off public record.
One parcel, 433 acres, does not appear on the county’s public GIS map, no matter how we search for it.
KBTX News has been covering the SpaceX Terafab project since early May.
We’ve attended public hearings, reviewed county documents, analyzed property records, and traced the ownership of companies involved in the land acquisitions.
This investigation is ongoing, and we will continue to report on new developments as they emerge.
