OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank Partner on Five New Stargate Data Centers
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– OpenAI is building five new AI data centers in the US with partners Oracle and SoftBank as part of its Stargate project.
– The expansion will increase Stargate’s total planned capacity to seven gigawatts, enough to power over five million homes.
– Three data centers are being developed with Oracle in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and an undisclosed Midwest location.
– The other two data centers are being developed with SoftBank and will be located in Lordstown, Ohio and Milam County, Texas.
– This infrastructure buildout is supported by a $100 billion investment from Nvidia to purchase AI processors and construct more data centers.
A major new infrastructure initiative is underway as OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank join forces to construct five advanced AI data centers across the United States. Announced this week, this expansion of the Stargate project represents a massive scaling of computational capacity, with the collective facilities projected to draw a staggering seven gigawatts of power. To put that figure into perspective, this energy output is sufficient to supply electricity to well over five million households, underscoring the immense scale of the undertaking.
The collaboration splits the development effort between two key partners. Oracle is co-developing three of the new sites, which will be situated in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and a currently confidential location in the Midwest. Simultaneously, SoftBank is leading the development of the remaining two facilities, with one planned for Lordstown, Ohio, and the other in Milam County, Texas. This strategic geographic distribution aims to create a robust and resilient national network for AI processing.
This ambitious buildout is a core component of OpenAI’s strategy to support the training and deployment of increasingly sophisticated artificial intelligence models. The announcement comes hot on the heels of another significant funding revelation: OpenAI confirmed it will receive a $100 billion investment from Nvidia. This colossal financial commitment is specifically earmarked for the purchase of Nvidia’s advanced AI processors and will fuel the construction of additional data centers beyond the five newly announced Stargate facilities, signaling an aggressive and sustained push to dominate the AI infrastructure landscape.
(Source: TechCrunch)
