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OpenAI and SoftBank Group partner with SB Energy
OpenAI is securing physical infrastructure at scale to support next-generation model training and deployment. This partnership signals confidence in the Stargate initiative's compute demands and de-risks supply chains for multi-gigawatt power delivery—a critical bottleneck in AI scaling.
OpenAI and SoftBank Group partnership with SB Energy
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