- Project Stargate could target a smaller Ohio data center as the first site
- The CEO of Oracle Safra Catz says that the project is not even formed yet
- Openai and SoftBank do not agree on certain things
OPENAI may have already considerably reduced its project by several billion dollars, Stargate Initiative, without transactions of data centers concluded within the framework of the project during the six months when it was live.
Announced in January 2025 as an effort of $ 500 billion for “[build] New IA infrastructure for Openai in the United States “,” People familiar with the problem say that the Stargate project is now aiming for a smaller data center in Ohio by the end of the year, marking a slowdown compared to the first plans.
Despite the delayed progress, the CEO of Openai, Sam Altman and the CEO of Softbank, Masayoshi Son both declared that the partnership remains strong and active.
Project Stargate could undergo delays
According to New Wall Street Journal Bringing, however, Openai and Softbank disagree on the locations of the data center and the use of SB (a SoftBank energy company SB). OPENAI has also made its own separate progress from the project, in particular in conclusion of an agreement of $ 30 billion with Oracle for 4.5 capacity gigawatts.
In January, Openai said: “Construction is currently underway, from Texas, and we assess potential sites across the country for more campuses while we are finalizing final agreements.”
Speaking on an investor call last month, the CEO of Oracle, Safra Catz, aTa the assertion of Altman: “Stargate is not yet formed.”
Although many key players in industry, including Arm, Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle and Openai, are associated with the project, Stargate is always presented with challenges including cost reduction and land supply, IA and energy fleas.
Nicknamed the biggest investment of the genre, the Stargate project of $ 500 billion was followed by other announcements designed to strengthen the position of the United States as a world leader in technology and AI, including $ 500 billion from Apple focused on manufacturing and training, and $ 500 billion from NVIDIA to enlarge the American IA infrastructure.
Like Stargate, these are long -term projects of four years, and we do not know how much progress has been made and if regulatory, financial or other difficulties are in advance.
Techradar Pro asked Openai for more information.
