"OpenAI is looking to bolster its US hardware supply chain and find partners for a push into consumer devices, robotics and cloud data centers, part of a major product expansion planned for the coming years. The maker of ChatGPT has put out a request for proposals from companies that manufacture in the US and offer components such as silicon, motors, packaging material and gear for cooling data centers."
"OpenAI has also previously used such requests for proposals to solicit ideas and partners for its Stargate project an effort to build $500 billion in US data centers and AI infrastructure over the next few years. The move is meant to help spur manufacturing of components in the US, a key priority of the Trump administration. AI is a catalyst for the reindustrializing of the country, Chris Lehane, OpenAI's chief global affairs officer, said in an interview."
"OpenAI has said that it ultimately plans to devote trillions of dollars to data center expansions, which it sees as directly tied to its ability to boost revenue. It has also acquired the AI device startup co-founded by Apple Inc. veteran Jony Ive, a step toward entering the consumer device market. And a November deal with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., known as Foxconn, will let OpenAI design and manufacture hardware for data centers."
OpenAI is soliciting proposals from US manufacturers for components including silicon, motors, packaging material and data-center cooling gear to strengthen its domestic hardware supply chain. The company plans major product expansion into consumer devices, robotics and cloud data centers and has pursued deals to enable US-made server racks, including a partnership with Hon Hai (Foxconn). OpenAI has acquired an AI device startup co-founded by Jony Ive and outlined trillion-dollar ambitions for data-center expansion. The Stargate initiative targets roughly $500 billion in US data centers and infrastructure. OpenAI frames AI as a catalyst for U.S. reindustrialization and expects robotics to grow rapidly despite current Chinese hardware advantages.
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