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OpenAI reports surpassing its 10GW compute infrastructure milestone via the Stargate project, highlighting rapid expansion to meet accelerating AI demand through ecosystem partnerships and community engagement.

OpenAI announces the Stargate Community initiative to ensure its large-scale AI infrastructure projects benefit local communities, with commitments to cover energy costs and work transparently with utilities across multiple sites in Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

OpenAI launches a Request for Proposals to strengthen U.S. domestic manufacturing across the AI supply chain, including data center components, consumer electronics, and robotics, as part of its broader Stargate initiative and commitment to building 10 gigawatts of AI infrastructure capacity.

OpenAI and SoftBank Group are each investing $500 million into SB Energy to support AI data center infrastructure development as part of the Stargate initiative, with OpenAI signing a 1.2 GW data center lease in Milam County, Texas. SB Energy will also become an OpenAI customer and secured an additional $800 million from Ares.

OpenAI announces a new Stargate data center campus in Michigan with over 1 gigawatt capacity as part of its $500 billion, 10-gigawatt infrastructure commitment, expected to create 2,500 union construction jobs and begin construction in early 2026.

OpenAI urges the US government to urgently increase electricity capacity to maintain AI leadership, warning of an "electron gap" with China and proposing a national project to build 100 gigawatts annually. The company commits to its $500 billion Stargate infrastructure project across multiple states while advocating for regulatory modernization and workforce development.

OpenAI and Sur Energy have signed a Letter of Intent to develop the Stargate project in Argentina, a large-scale AI data center powered by clean energy that could position the country as a regional AI leader. The initiative follows discussions between Argentina's President Milei and OpenAI leadership, and includes plans to drive AI adoption across Argentine government institutions.

Samsung, SK, and OpenAI announced strategic partnerships as part of OpenAI's Stargate initiative, with Samsung and SK scaling advanced memory chip production to 900,000 DRAM wafer starts per month and exploring AI data center development across Korea to support global AI infrastructure.

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announced five new U.S. AI data center sites for the Stargate infrastructure project, bringing total planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts and over $400 billion in investment over three years. The expansion includes sites in Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, and Wisconsin, with plans to reach the original $500 billion, 10-gigawatt commitment by end of 2025.

OpenAI announces Stargate Norway, its first European AI data center initiative in Narvik, planned to deliver 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs by end of 2026 with 230MW capacity powered entirely by renewable hydropower. The facility is a joint venture between Nscale and Aker, reflecting OpenAI's broader expansion of AI infrastructure partnerships across Europe and globally.

OpenAI and Oracle announced a partnership to develop 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate data center capacity in the U.S., bringing total Stargate infrastructure to over 5 gigawatts and supporting OpenAI's $500 billion investment commitment. The project is expected to create over 100,000 jobs and represents a major milestone in advancing U.S. AI infrastructure leadership.

OpenAI launches Stargate UAE, the first international deployment of its Stargate AI infrastructure platform, in partnership with G42, Oracle, NVIDIA, Cisco, and SoftBank. The initiative includes a 1GW cluster in Abu Dhabi with 200MW expected by 2026, dual investments with the UAE, and makes the UAE the first country to enable ChatGPT nationwide.

OpenAI announces The Stargate Project, a $500 billion infrastructure investment over four years to build AI computing capacity in the United States, with initial funding from SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, and MGX, beginning deployment with $100 billion immediately.