The new sites will boost Stargate's planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts--about equal to the output of seven large nuclear reactors. An aerial view shows construction underway on a Project Stargate AI infrastructure site in Abilene, Texas on April 23, 2025. OpenAI is planning to build five new data centers in the United States as part of the Stargate initiative, the company announced on Tuesday. The sites, which are being developed in partnership with Oracle and SoftBank, bring Stargate's current planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts--roughly the same amount of power as seven large-scale nuclear reactors . "AI is different from the internet in a lot of ways, but one of them is just how much infrastructure it takes," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said during a press briefing in Abilene, Texas on Tuesday.

Donald Trump has unveiled what he called "the largest AI infrastructure project in history" – a 500bn joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank that aims to build a network of data centres across the US. The new partnership, dubbed Stargate, aims to construct essential data centers and computing infrastructure needed to power artificial intelligence development and, according to Trump, create over 100,000 American jobs "almost immediately". The launch marks one of Trump's first major business initiatives since returning to office and comes as the US looks for new ways to maintain an edge against China in AI capabilities. "China is a competitor and others are competitors. We want it to be in this country," Trump said during the White House announcement, flanked by Oracle's Larry Ellison, SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and OpenAI's Sam Altman.