"The announcement of the new data centers marks the latest development in Project Stargate, the AI infrastructure plan OpenAI launched(?) in January alongside the Trump administration, Oracle, SoftBank, and Emirati investment firm MGX. The project secured $500 billion in funding to build data centers over the next four years that will cumulatively generate 10 gigawatts of power -- enough to fuel roughly 7,500,000 homes for one year."
"The five new data centers -- which will be built, respectively, in Shackelford County, Texas; Dona Ana County, New Mexico; Lordstown, Ohio; Milam County, Texas; and an undisclosed location in the Midwest -- will provide 7 gigawatts of power to be put toward OpenAI's proprietary AI models. According to OpenAI, that number keeps Stargate "ahead of schedule" to get to 10 gigawatts by the end of 2025."
""Together, these sites are expected to create over 25,000 onsite jobs, and tens of thousands of additional jobs across the US," OpenAI wrote in its announcement, adding that it's still evaluating additional sites across the country. US chipmaker Nvidia announced on Monday that it would invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI for the construction of more data centers."
OpenAI will construct five new data centers across the United States to expand capacity for its proprietary AI models. The sites are part of Project Stargate, a $500 billion initiative to build data centers generating 10 gigawatts over four years, enough to power roughly 7.5 million homes for a year. The new facilities in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio and an undisclosed Midwestern location will supply 7 gigawatts and are expected to create over 25,000 onsite jobs plus tens of thousands more nationwide. Nvidia plans to invest up to $100 billion for further data center construction. Data centers require massive quantities of water for cooling.
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