A supply chain analysis shows the likelihood of labor shortages and a heavy reliance on foreign companies to make components for data centers and power plants

OpenAI's Jason Kwon says labs don't win by having the most GPUs — scarcity, bet selection, and organizational structure give them the real edge.

OpenAI announced on Tuesday that it plans to build five new AI data centers across the United States with partners Oracle and SoftBank through its Stargate project. The new data centers will bring Stargate’s planned capacity to seven gigawatts — enough energy to power more than five million homes.

The afternoon sun was so hot that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman traded his usual crewneck sweater for a T-shirt on the last legs of a Tuesday visit to the massive Stargate artificial intelligence data center complex that will power the future of ChatGPT.

OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank on Tuesday announced plans for five new artificial intelligence data centers in the United States to build out their ambitious Stargate project.

Chipmaker Nvidia will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI and provide it with data center chips, the companies said on Monday, a tie-up between two of the highest-profile leaders in the global artificial intelligence race.

The partnership will “help employees across German governments, administrations and research institutions use our technology to spend more time on people, not paperwork,” according to the blog post. [

At the White House this year, OpenAI outlined its lofty "Stargate" infrastructure project that would cost half a trillion dollars and be developed with partners including SoftBank and Oracle .

ABILENE, Texas—OpenAI laid out its vision for a vast, $1 trillion build-out of computing warehouses across the U.S. and abroad Tuesday, showcasing the development of a Central Park-sized complex about 180 miles west of Dallas.