OpenAI Is Building Five New Stargate Data Centers With Oracle And SoftBank
OpenAI is building five new Stargate data centers with Oracle and SoftBank, a move that marks one of its most ambitious infrastructure expansions yet. Announced this week, the facilities will boost Stargate’s planned capacity to 7 gigawatts—enough energy to power more than 5 million homes.
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Where The New Stargate Data Centers Will Be Located
Three of the new Stargate sites are being developed with Oracle. They’re planned for Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and a still-undisclosed location in the Midwest.
Meanwhile, SoftBank is leading development on two additional sites—one in Lordstown, Ohio, and another in Milam County, Texas. Together, these locations position OpenAI at the center of America’s growing AI infrastructure race.
Why These Stargate Data Centers Matter
The Stargate project is central to OpenAI’s push to scale training and deployment for its next-generation AI models. With demand for AI skyrocketing, these data centers provide the computing power needed to keep OpenAI competitive against rivals like Google, Anthropic, and Meta.
Adding Oracle and SoftBank as core partners also highlights how strategic alliances are shaping the future of artificial intelligence. Oracle’s experience with cloud services and SoftBank’s track record in large-scale investments bring vital expertise to the project.
Backed By Massive AI Investment
The announcement comes just a day after OpenAI revealed it secured a $100 billion investment from Nvidia. The funding will go toward purchasing Nvidia’s AI processors and building even more large-scale data centers across the U.S.
Combined with the new Stargate expansion, OpenAI is signaling its intent to dominate the next era of AI computing. The message is clear: powering advanced AI requires massive infrastructure, and OpenAI is racing to build it faster than anyone else.
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