OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank have announced five new AI data center sites under Stargate, OpenAI’s overarching AI infrastructure platform. The combined capacity from these five new sites that will come up in the United States, along with the flagship site in Abilene, Texas, and ongoing projects with CoreWeave, brings Stargate to nearly 7 GW of planned capacity and over US$ 400 billion in investment over the next three years.
This puts OpenAI on a path to securing the full US$ 500 billion, 10 GW commitment it announced in January, by the end of 2025. Readers would recall that in July, OpenAI and Oracle had entered an agreement to develop up to 4.5 GW of additional Stargate capacity. This represents a partnership that exceeds US$ 300 billion between the two companies over the next five years.
The three new sites are located in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and a site in the Midwest, which is expected to be announced soon. Combined with an additional potential expansion of 600 MW near the flagship Stargate site in Abilene, Texas, they can deliver over 5.5 GW of capacity.
Meanwhile, the other two Stargate sites being announced can scale to 1.5 GW over the next 18 months. These sites will be developed through a partnership by SoftBank and OpenAI that can scale to multiple gigawatts of AI infrastructure. One site is located in Lordstown, Ohio, where SoftBank has broken ground on an advanced data center design which is on track to be operational next year. The second site is located in Milam County, Texas, and will be developed in partnership with SB Energy, a SoftBank Group company, which is providing powered infrastructure for a fast-build data center site.
“AI can only fulfill its promise if we build the compute to power it. That compute is the key to ensuring everyone can benefit from AI and to unlocking future breakthroughs. We’re already making historic progress toward that goal through Stargate and moving quickly not just to meet its initial commitment, but to lay the foundation for what comes next,” said Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI.
“Oracle’s reliable, scalable, and secure AI infrastructure is helping OpenAI rapidly scale its business. To meet this enormous demand, we continue to expand OCI’s footprint at an unrivaled pace to deliver the most performant and cost-effective AI training and inferencing,” said Clay Magouyrk, CEO, Oracle.
“Stargate is harnessing SoftBank’s innovative data center design and energy expertise to deliver the scalable compute that powers AI’s future. Together with OpenAI, Arm, and our Stargate partners, we are paving the way for a new era where AI advances humanity,” said Masayoshi Son, Chairman and CEO, SoftBank Group Corp.
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank first announced the $500 billion Stargate commitment in January at the White House alongside US President Trump, as part of a broader push to spur investment in American AI infrastructure.
