OpenAI first data center in $500 billion Stargate project up in Texas
Abilene, Texas – Openai and Prophecy It makes a big bet on the future of the United States and brings the flagship of the 500 billion dollar Stargate program, a comprehensive infrastructure to secure the calculation required to strengthen the future of artificial intelligence.
About 180 miles west of Dallas, Abilene works in Texas and is full of Oracle Cloud infrastructure and Nvidia chips shelves.
The data center rented by Oracle is one of the most remarkable physical symbols that arise from an unprecedented explosion for infrastructure AI. This week, according to HSBC estimation, it was planned more than $ 2 trillion in the worldwide AI infrastructure.
Openai pioneers.
In addition to the $ 500 billion Stargate project, the initiative on Monday, Nvidia This will add an estimated $ 500 billion data centers in the coming years. Since 2019, Microsoft Azure has invested a lot of access to Openai by providing a lot of access to the loan. In addition, Openai contract with smaller cloud companies to help operate the additional calculation capacity and infrastructure.
A building in the Abilene area was operational, while the other was almost completed. Openai Finance Chief Sarah Fris, in his statement to CNBC, has the potential to scal the potential beyond a Gigawatt capacity of the campus. This would be enough electricity to give power to about 750,000 USA.
Data Center Construction Plans are important enough. Nvidia CNBC reported that CEO Jensen Huang had recent negotiations with Openai CEO Sam Altman at the weekend to take action.
“People are just starting to recognize the pure scale that will be necessary.” He said. “We go here to Abilene, Texas, but you will see it beyond the United States and beyond.”
Friar was required to provide the amount of calculation required to operate Openai’s models.
“What we see today is a big calculation crisis,” he said. “There is not enough calculation to do everything AI can do.”
A bold bet on AI infrastructure
Openai, Oracle and SoftbankOn Tuesday, Texas, New Mexico, five additional Stargate sites in Ohio and an anonymous site in the Middle West was declared anonymous. This brings the size of the initiative to more than 7 Gigawatts and more than $ 400 billion in the next three years, which includes an existing $ 300 billion agreement between Openai and Oracle.
Companies such as Oracle will help finance the data center construction, while Openai will ultimately pay as a operating expense for the information processing capacity. Although Nvidia gained equity to start the project, Frar said that the chip manufacturer would receive payment for all graphic processing units (GPU) provided by these chips as these chips are distributed.
Frar said that Openai will earn $ 13 billion this year and that the company plans to pay for construction using its own cash flow and debt finance.
CNBC said that Stargate will refer to all the future Openai infrastructure projects. Together Sunflower seed And other partners say that companies are in front of the program to meet 10 Gigawatt commitments by the end of 2025.
Frar, CNBC’ye rowes entering the ground today, NVIDIA new generation Vera Rubin chips starting from 2026 to 2026, the foundations for the calculation of the calculation, he said.
Data Center Buildings are under construction during the Openai Data Center tour in the USA, Texas, Texas, ABilene, 23 September 2025.
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Huma No one has built such fast data centers, Friar said, “Friday said,” He added that the entire ecosystem should work together to meet the demand.
Critics questioned the circular financing behind Stargate – Openai committed hundreds of billions of dollars to projects, while suppliers such as NVIDIA also invest directly in the same structures.
Friar said that history shows that technology explosions require bold infrastructure bets.
Friar, “When the internet begins, people ‘oh, we build more, there is a lot of things’ continued to feel.” Look where we are today, right? “
The project also carries political weight. Openai and Oracle first introduced Stargate with President Donald Trump at the White House in January. Friar described Trump as the “president of this AI period”, pointing to Washington’s role in frameworking both as an economic engine and national security priority. Trump was informed about the investment of Nvidia to Openai during a state visit to England at the beginning of this month.
Oracle said that the project will employ more than 6,000 construction workers per day and offer approximately 1,700 long -term business.
In an article published on Openai’s infrastructure plans on Tuesday, the company’s data center construction can help reshape the American power network with new technologies and help the United States to have a global impact.
– Kif Leswing from CNBC contributed to this story.
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