OpenAI teams up with SoftBank and Oracle on $500B data center project

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OpenAI says that it will team up with both the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and with Oracle, along with others, to build multiple data centers for AI in the U.S.

In the lead-up to its completion, Microsoft had reportedly planned to launch a smaller-scope data center for OpenAI around 2026.

That Abilene site will be Stargate’s first site, and OpenAI says that Stargate is “evaluating potential sites across the country for more campuses as [it finalizes] definitive agreements.

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Author / Journalist: Kyle Wiggers

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Topics: Stargate Oracle Texas Data centers OpenAI Government Generative AI Softbank AI Data center

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Published On: 2025-01-21 @ 19:35:57 (19 hours ago)

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