- Project Stargate could be aimed at a smaller Ohio Data Center as its first site
- The Oracle CEO, Safra Catz, says that the project has not yet been formed
- Operai and Softbank do not agree on some things
Openai may have significantly reduced its multimillionaire project Stargate Initiaitive, without data centers completed under the project in the six months that it has been live.
Announced in January 2025 as an effort of $ 500 billion for “[build] New AI infrastructure for OpenAi in the United States, “people familiar with the matter say that the Stargate project is now pointing to a smaller data center in Ohio by the end of the year, marking a slowdown compared to the first plans.
Despite delayed progress, the OpenAi CEO, Sam Altman, and SoftBank CEO, Masayoshi Son, have declared that the association remains strong and active.
Project Stargate could be experiencing delays
According to new Wall Street Journal However, informing, OpenAI and Softbank do not agree with the locations of the data centers and the use of SB energy sites (an energy company backed by SoftBank). Operai has also made its own separate progress from the project, including the consequent $ 30 billion with Oracle for 4.5 capacity gigawats.
In January, Openai said: “The construction is currently underway, starting in Texas, and we are evaluating possible sites throughout the country for more campus as we finish the final agreements.”
Speaking in an investor call last month, Oracle CEO, Safra Catz, responded to Altman’s statement: “Stargate is not yet formed.”
Although many of the key actors in the industry, including ARM, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle and Openai, are associated with the project, Stargate still shows challenges that include reducing costs and obtaining land, AI and energy chips.
Nicknamed the largest investment of its kind, the Stargate project of $ 500 billion was followed by additional ads designed to strengthen the US position as the world leader in technology and AI, including $ 500 billion of apple oriented to manufacturing and training, and another $ 500 billion nvidia to expand the infrastructure of AI de USA.
Like Stargate, those are long -term projects of four years, and it is not clear how much progress has been achieved and if any regulatory, financial or others are advanced.
Techradar Pro He has asked Openai for more information.