- Stargate’s Texas data center expansion to 2GW could be scrapped, limiting it to 1.2GW
- The Abilene campus has already faced a number of challenges
- OpenAI may want to focus on adapting to newer chips
Oracle and OpenAI (via Bloomberg) scrapped plans to expand the Abilene, Texas-based Stargate AI data center campus, which is part of the $500 billion Project Stargate designed to grow US AI infrastructure.
Currently, Abilene is a two-building campus, but another six buildings are scheduled to come online this year, bringing total capacity to approximately 1.2 GW.
However, plans for further expansions to reach around 2GW have now been scrapped, as OpenAI and Oracle have made the decision not to expand their Texas campus further; However, broader expansions are not out of the question, with the companies instead targeting other US locations.
OpenAI’s Stargate Project Hits Expansion Hurdle
Bloomberg says companies reportedly faced financial and infrastructure challenges, and power delays delayed current expansion plans. OpenAI also revised demand forecasts and revised its Stargate strategy.
A multi-day outage caused by extreme winter weather that affected the site’s liquid cooling equipment also damaged relationships between OpenAI and Crusoe, the site’s infrastructure partner, which may have contributed to OpenAI’s decision to focus on other campuses rather than continually expanding this iconic site.
Additionally, while the Abilene campus is expected to run Nvidia Blackwell chips, OpenAI may be looking to diversify and/or modernize and build new campuses with other chips, including Nvidia’s Vera Rubin.
In late 2025, OpenAI announced additional Stargate campuses in Shackelford County, Texas; Dona Ana County, New Mexico; Wisconsin, Lordstown, Ohio; and Milam County, Texas.
PakGazette He adds that Meta may be in talks with OpenAI to lease the canceled expansion capacity in Abilene, but nothing has been confirmed in this regard.
TechRadar Pro has asked OpenAI to confirm changes to its Stargate plans, but we did not receive an immediate response.
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