"Sam Altman just shared an ambitious goal for rapidly scaling artificial intelligence: Build a factory capable of producing one gigawatt of new "AI infrastructure every week." In a Tuesday blog post titled "Abundant Intelligence," the OpenAI CEO said that the "groundwork" for building out AI infrastructure is being put in place as more people rely on AI. "Our vision is simple: we want to create a factory that can produce a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week," Altman wrote, adding that the "execution of this will be extremely difficult" and will take years to accomplish the goal."
"While Altman did not cite specific projects, one of the major vehicles that could help with Altman's scaling efforts is Stargate, a $500 billion joint AI infrastructure project between OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank. The first Stargate data center is under construction in Abilene, Texas. A gigawatt of AI infrastructure - enough to power 876,000 households for a year - per week could also support some of OpenAI's other recently announced ventures. On Monday, Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment in Altman's startup, giving it access to at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters."
The stated objective is to build a factory producing one gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week, a multi-year, highly difficult execution effort. Much of the new infrastructure will be built in the United States, with partner and plan details to be announced in coming months. Stargate is a $500 billion joint AI infrastructure project involving OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, with a first data center under construction in Abilene, Texas. A one-gigawatt-per-week rate could support other ventures. Nvidia committed $100 billion, providing access to at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenter capacity, and five additional Stargate sites were announced.
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