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OpenAI and NVIDIA announce strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of NVIDIA systems

10 gigawatts. OpenAI and NVIDIA just announced the largest AI infrastructure deployment ever — live in 2026.

Reporting by OpenAI Blog 1 min brief
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Why it matters

This is the most significant compute capacity commitment in AI history. OpenAI is locking in massive NVIDIA infrastructure to support next-generation model training and inference at unprecedented scale, signaling confidence in continued exponential demand and potential supply constraints for competitors.

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5 to know

  1. 10 gigawatts of AI datacenter capacity announced

  2. Partnership between OpenAI and NVIDIA

  3. Phase 1 deployment: 2026

  4. NVIDIA systems will power the infrastructure

  5. Largest strategic compute commitment in AI industry to date

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Publisher excerpt: OpenAI and NVIDIA announce a strategic partnership to deploy 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters powered by NVIDIA systems, with the first phase launching in 2026.
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