OpenAI to Join Tech Giants in Building 5 Data Centers in U.S.
September 23, 2025 Source: The New York Times Date Published: 09.23.2025 Link: OpenAI to Join Tech Giants in Building 5 Data Centers in U.S. The artificial intelligence company OpenAI announced five new locations and the planned expenditure of $400 billion for data centers in the United States. These sites, located in Texas, Ohio, New Mexico, and an undisclosed Midwest location, will arise as a result of OpenAI’s “Stargate Project”, an initiative between the U.S. Federal Government, Softbank, and Oracle. While the article contains a brief mention of the power requirements of data centers – the eight planned data centers of Stargate Project will consume an estimated 1.4 gigawatt of power.