Anthropic and OpenAI are exploring smaller data center deals of roughly 20 to 30 megawatts after committing billions to gigawatt-scale projects, CNBC reported. Anthropic has discussed agreements of th…
Oracle issued a request for proposals on September 8 for 2 gigawatts of renewable energy projects in New Mexico as local opposition threatens to delay the $165 billion Project Jupiter data center it i…
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra on September 3, its first flagship model to ship with computer use as a core capability and the first pre-trained on more than 100,000 GPUs at its Stargate site in Texas. T…
OpenAI is diversifying its custom AI chip manufacturing to Samsung Electronics, moving beyond its initial reliance on TSMC for the Jalapeno chip co-designed with Broadcom, OpenAI Korea General Manager…
OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman declared at a press briefing that the launch of GPT-6 Astra marks the arrival of the 'AGI era,' though he acknowledged AGI remains a 'gray, fuzzy thing' and is now a 'm…
OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra, a model president Greg Brockman called a 'generational leap' and suggested may represent the arrival of AGI, saying 'Welcome to the AGI era.' Built on OpenAI's largest tra…
Texas Republicans, led by Governor Greg Abbott, are now calling for sweeping restrictions on data centers, reversing their previous pro-tech stance amid a populist backlash over affordability and loca…
Two-thirds of European Union governments have pledged money to back an EU plan to create seven large AI compute hubs, the bloc's most significant industrial policy push in the global race for artifici…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admitted in a Time interview that 'Clearly, people hate data centers—right now, at least,' as public backlash grows against the facilities powering the AI boom, with 70% of Ameri…
Chris Malone, the head of data centers at OpenAI, has left the company after being hired in March of last year, according to an anonymously-sourced Wall Street Journal article. Malone was overseeing O…
OpenAI lost its top data center executive, Chris Malone, in August 2026, marking another in a series of senior departures that could impact AI infrastructure capacity. Malone, who previously worked at…
Chris Malone, OpenAI's head of data centers, has left the company, adding to a wave of senior leadership departures as OpenAI prepares for a potential IPO. Malone joined in March 2025 after nearly fiv…
OpenAI has secured a $122 billion funding round, positioning it among the highest-valued private AI companies, as CEO Sam Altman described AI compute as 'the most expensive infrastructure project in h…
Nvidia is certifying Nordic data center operators through its DGX-Ready Colocation Data Center program, turning the region into a hub for AI infrastructure powered by renewable energy and cold climate…
Nvidia is in talks to guarantee approximately $250 billion in financing for OpenAI's lease of SB Energy's planned 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio, part of the Stargate AI infrastructure initiative, ac…
Fox News contributor and former U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia argues that the AI-driven infrastructure boom, including the $500 billion Stargate project and Micron's $250 billion investment, i…
OpenAI has pledged to fully fund infrastructure costs, support new power generation, and limit water use in a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, responding to his August 3rd freeze on data center appro…
NVIDIA Corp. is investing up to $3 billion in Lancium, a power infrastructure developer, to secure energy for AI data centers, with an upfront $2 billion for a 20% stake and a potential $1 billion mor…
OpenAI has sent a letter to Texas Governor Greg Abbott committing to responsible AI infrastructure development as its Stargate project expands, with the Abilene facility projected to consume about hal…
Nvidia is reportedly investing up to $3 billion in Lancium, a power-infrastructure developer, to secure access to power for its AI accelerators. The deal includes a $2 billion stake for about 20% of L…