OpenAI has partnered with Oracle to expand its Stargate AI project, adding 4.5GW of capacity and advancing its U.S. AI infrastructure goals.

The huge deal with Oracle marks a major step forward in OpenAI's journey to 10 gigawatts, as outlined in its four-year, $500 billion Project Stargate strategy. OpenAI confirmed its first site, Stargate I, will be located in Abilene, Texas, with Oracle and OpenAI jointly building it.

OpenAI has just expanded its Stargate initiative with its agreement to rent an additional 4.5 gigawatts of data center power from Oracle Corp. in the United