Despite its massive scale, Stargate intends to employ “at least” 57 full-time employees earning an average wage of just $57,600 annually, according to documents seen by Bloomberg regarding the ambitious data center project.
Texas has long been celebrated as a beacon of business-friendly policies. However, a proposed AI law makes a major left turn.
OpenAI has announced a new more tailored version of ChatGPT called ChatGPT Gov, a service that the company said is meant to accelerate government use of the tool for non-public sensitive data.
About 875 acres in Abilene, or roughly the size of New York’s Central Park, have been set aside to construct data centers, according to city documents seen
The project backed by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank was announced by President Donald Trump Jan. 21, but it's not without its detractors.
Stargate — the joint venture between OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle — is starting its AI infrastructure plans with 10 data centers in Texas.
The Stargate build-out is apparently already underway in Texas, and the power requirements of the site have yet to be disclosed but are likely to be significant - DCD reported last year that OpenAI presented a plan for 5GW data centers at a briefing for White House officials.
The rise of artificial intelligence, the digitization of the economy and everyday life’s growing computing needs have turbocharged the expansion of data centers, driving up a surge in electricity demand in Texas and across the country.
The effort was described as a $500 billion investment in artificial intelligence. Read how a small Texas city with a population of about 130,000 fits into the plans.
OpenAI has announced that it's teaming up with Softbank and Oracle on $100 billion data center project in the U.S.
The Indian Express, the Hindustan Times and the digital news divisions of Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI for its unauthorised use of copyrighted content,
In his first week back in office, Donald Trump gathered tech leaders to announce a half-trillion-dollar project called Stargate. The flashy price tag caught plenty of attention, but Stargate also has spurred controversies about Trump’s relationship with Silicon Valley and raised questions about the value of energy-guzzling data centers in the age of AI.