Microsoft relaxes data center grip on OpenAI

OpenAI, SoftBank Building AI Data Centers in $500B Stargate Deal
The Stargate project aims to secure American leadership in AI, protect US national security, and create hundreds of thousands of jobs.
OpenAI and Softbank are starting a $500 billion AI data center company
A plan to build a system of data centers for artificial intelligence has been revealed in a White House press conference, with Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman, and Larry Ellison joining Donald Trump to announce The Stargate Project.
Microsoft relaxes data center grip on OpenAI amid $500 bln joint venture
Microsoft on Tuesday said it has changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan's SoftBank Group to build up to $500 billion of new AI data centers in the United States.
2025 data center progress report
Data centers can justifiably be considered the beating heart of the digital economy, and their importance is set to expand in 2025 and beyond. For data center operators, this presents both opportunities and challenges.
OpenAI teams up with SoftBank and Oracle on $500B data center project
OpenAI has announced that it's teaming up with Softbank and Oracle on $100 billion data center project in the U.S.
OpenAI and Softbank team up for a $500 billion AI data center venture
OpenAI will build and open AI infrastructure worth $500 billion in the United States over the next four years in partnership with SoftBank. The two entities have teamed up to establish a new company called the Stargate Project to build AI data centers for the ChatGPT maker,
AI Stocks Rise on Reported $100 Billion Data Center Deal
OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle are reportedly planning a joint venture called Stargate focused on building data centers and other infrastructure to support AI development, according to CBS News. The companies are expected to invest at least $100 billion in the initiative and up to $500 billion over the next four years,
Could more data centers come to Oklahoma? UAE-based company announces $20B investment plan
A UAE investment firm planned to expand across eight states in the sunbelt. Government officials commented on the potential ...
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Tech giants to invest up to $500B for new US data centers
OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle will fund the creation of 10 facilities during the initial phase of the Stargate initiative, with ...
Anthropic CEO says AGI is a marketing term and the next AI milestone will be like a 'country of geniuses in a data center'
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said it was an "evocative phrase for all the power and all the positive things" and "all of the ...
Amperesand targets data centers as the next big customer for its solid-state transformers
“We’ve got about 90 gigawatts [of data centers] globally in 2023, and that’s going to increase to over 185 gigawatts by 2028, ...
Japan Sees Data Center-Driven Power Boom in Northern Region
Electricity demand in Japan’s Hokkaido area is expected to grow the fastest in the country, as the region prepares to roll ...
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The multifaceted challenge of powering AI with data centers
Artificial intelligence has become vital in business and financial dealings, medical care, technology development, research, ...
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Data centers could double Virginia’s energy use in a decade. Bills to regulate them are getting mixed support.
Efforts by Virginia lawmakers to rein in data centers have seen mixed success. A bill that would have increased state ...
'Stargate' is now a real thing, but sadly not a portal to an alien planet: A bunch of tech companies plan to spend $500 billion building AI data centers
President Trump announced the project (which was already underway) with his new tech industry pals, promising "colossal data ...