OpenAI, Oracle deepen AI data center push with 4.5 gigawatt Stargate expansion

OpenAI and Oracle will develop another 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity, expanding a tie-up that has promised hundreds of billions of dollars in infrastructure investment to keep the U.S. ahead in the global artificial intelligence race.

The ChatGPT maker did not disclose the locations or funding details for the new facilities in Tuesday’s announcement.

The move builds on the Stargate initiative, an up to $500 billion and 10 gigawatt project that also includes Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group and is setting up its first AI data center…