OpenAI has announced a major partnership with Oracle to expand its Stargate AI infrastructure in the US. The two companies will work together to develop 4.5 gigawatts (GW) of additional data center capacity. This investment is said to create over 1,00,000 new jobs in the US, including construction workers, electricians, data center operators, and local service roles.
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With this new addition, OpenAI’s total Stargate data center capacity under development will exceed 5 GW which will power over 2 million chips. “This significantly advances our progress toward the commitment we announced at the White House in January to invest $500 billion into 10 gigawatts of AI infrastructure in the US over the next four years,” the company said in a blogpost. With the strong progress with partners like Oracle and SoftBank, OpenAI now expects to go beyond this original target.
Construction at Stargate I in Abilene, Texas, is underway, and some parts of the site are up and running. Oracle has started delivering Nvidia GB200 racks to the facility, which OpenAI is now using for early AI training and testing. The Abilene site has already created thousands of jobs, with more expected as the project continues.
Along with Oracle, OpenAI is also working closely with SoftBank to rethink how data centers are designed for AI. These partnerships are crucial to support the growing demand for powerful computing systems needed for next-generation AI development.