HUTTO – A manufacturing plant associated with Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin may soon be heading for Hutto, joining a host of other Central Texas spaceflight companies.
If plans come to fruition, the deal could bring up to 2,000 jobs to the area, officials said.
The City Council and the Hutto Economic Development Corp. approved economic incentives Aug. 6 for Project Blue Hub, long speculated to be Blue Origin Enterprises LP, an aeronautics company founded by Bezos, the creator of Amazon.
Blue Origin is a competitor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX project, located not far away in Bastrop.
As of Aug. 7, Hutto officials had not confirmed any particulars, but city leaders could not hide their excitement.
Mayor Mike Snyder said that while he could not discuss any details, the projects the EDC approved incentive plans for on Thursday could be transformative for the city.
“I’m very excited for what Hutto has started and what has already started bearing fruit,” Snyder said, noting the city has many large investment projects already in place with more on the way.
The EDC approved an Economic Development Performance Agreement along with undisclosed financial incentives for Project Blue Hub during the executive session at its Aug. 6 meeting.
Details were then discussed during the closed-door session at the City Council meeting that followed.
The proposed Project Blue Hub plant will be about the size of 26 football fields – 1.3 million square feet, according to Hutto EDC Executive Director Cheney Gamboa.
When originally announced, Gamboa said the manufacturing, research and development, warehouse and logistics project looks to bring over 2,000 jobs to Hutto in the next five years.
Full-time employees would have an average salary of $88,000. Cheney said the capital investment is estimated at $650 million.
Speculators have been buzzing with the idea of Hutto being home to the new Blue Origin space facility since May, after a story was published by the Austin Business Journal suggesting Project Blue Hub was indeed the Blue Origin facility.
The East Wilco Insider, published by the Taylor Press, has also carried a story.
No official word has come from Blue Origin or Hutto officials, and the company is still presumed to be evaluating its options for a location.
Several cities in Williamson County threw their hats in the ring to compete for the project, in addition to municipalities in other states and counties.
Hutto officials have previously commented to the Taylor Press that city leaders and EDC board members generally sign nondisclosure agreements during the negotiation phase of large developments, preventing them from giving out more information.
The county is quickly becoming a hub for missions to the stars.
In March 2025, the Williamson County Commissioners Court approved the creation of the Central Texas Spaceport Development Corp. in partnership with Burnet County. The CTSDC was created to focus on infrastructure and development in the fields of specialized launch and landing facilities for space crafts, rockets and satellites.
Melangen, a Brooklyn, N.Y.-based company searching for a new radiation testing facility with applications for space travel, is setting up shop in Taylor.
It is joining companies such as Cedar Park’s planetary lander and rocket company Firefly Aerospace, SpaceX’s satellite manufacturing facility Starlink in neighboring Bastrop County and an expanding Austin presence for aerospace defense communications systems company CesiumAstro.
Blue Origin, established by Bezos in 2000, has facilities in Kent, Washington; Huntsville, Alabama; and Van Horn.
