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Stargate advances with 4.5 GW partnership with Oracle

4.5 GW. Oracle and OpenAI just locked in massive new Stargate capacity—the infrastructure race for AI dominance just got real.

Reporting by OpenAI Blog 1 min brief
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Stargate's compute footprint expands dramatically with Oracle partnership, signaling accelerating capex intensity in the race to build foundational AI infrastructure. This is a material shift in how OpenAI scales compute capacity and underscores the trillion-dollar infrastructure bet underpinning the next generation of models.

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5 to know

  1. 4.5 gigawatts of additional data center capacity announced

  2. Oracle and OpenAI partnership for Stargate platform

  3. U.S.-based infrastructure development

  4. Positions Stargate as long-term AI infrastructure vision

  5. Job creation and reindustrialization narrative

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Publisher excerpt: Oracle and OpenAI have entered an agreement to develop 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate data center capacity in the U.S. This investment will create new jobs, accelerate America’s reindustrialization, and help advance U.S. AI leadership. It also marks a major milestone for Stargate, OpenAI’s AI…
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