OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank plan five new AI data centers in $500 billion Project Stargate investment
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Stefanie Schappert
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank on Tuesday announced plans for five new artificial intelligence data centers in the United States to build out their ambitious Stargate project.
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said on Tuesday it will open three new sites with Oracle in Shackelford County, Texas, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, and an undisclosed site in the Midwest.
Two more data center sites will be built in Lordstown, Ohio, and Milam County, Texas, by OpenAI, Japan's SoftBank, and a SoftBank affiliate.
The new gigascale AI factories will be built as part of a “landmark partnership” with Nvidia, which announced it will supply millions of GPUs for the $500 billion project.
The new sites, the Oracle-OpenAI site expansion in Abilene, Texas, and the ongoing projects with CoreWeave will bring Stargate's total data center capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts and more than $400 billion in investment over the next three years, OpenAI said.
"AI can only fulfill its promise if we build the compute to power it," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in a statement.
“This investment and partnership mark the next leap forward – deploying 10 gigawatts to power the next era of intelligence,” Altman retweeted a post by the chip maker on X.
Grateful to Jensen for the almost-decade of partnership! https://t.co/AbLQUOfmKP
undefined Sam Altman (@sama) September 23, 2025
Tuesday's announcement, expected to create 25,000 onsite jobs, follows Nvidia saying on Monday that it will invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI and supply data center chips.
OpenAI and partners plan to use debt financing to lease chips for the Stargate project, people familiar with the matter said.
US President Donald Trump, in January, hosted top tech CEOs to launch Stargate, a private-sector initiative that plans to spend up to $500 billion to build AI infrastructure.
AI is a priority for Trump and tech companies that are pouring billions into building the computers necessary to power the technology.
OpenAI and its backer Microsoft are among the tech giants pouring billions into data centers to power generative AI services such as ChatGPT and Copilot.
AI's role in sensitive sectors such as defense and China's push to catch up have made the nascent technology a top priority for Trump.
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