The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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News - North America, OpenAI
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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OpenAI hires new energy regulatory lead
Will Friedman joins from AWS
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OpenAI again shakes up data center leadership, with xAI exec Uday Ruddarraju to lead and Sachin Katti to leave
After switching out the Stargate team earlier this year
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Google data center strategic sourcing exec heads to OpenAI
Allyson Fealtman to focus on high-speed interconnect and rack power
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OpenAI and Anthropic seek 20-30MW data center deployments
As companies ramp up inference footprint
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Amid data center public backlash, Yvette Eden Ruiz joins OpenAI’s Community Engagement team from JPMorgan
As data centers become an issue for the midterms, OpenAI looks to change the message
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SB Energy files for IPO, targeting a raise of $5-7bn
Would value the company at approximately $50bn
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OpenAI gets green light for 3.2GW power deal to supply planned data center in Effingham County, Georgia
US utility Georgia Power will construct the new generation, with the ChatGPT maker expected to foot the bill
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OpenAI's head of data centers, Chris Malone, latest to depart
Stargate crew has seen key figures leave
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Nvidia confirms it will back 4.25GW of OpenAI capacity at Ports-Pike mega data center
SB Energy facility will exclusively use Nvidia compute and networking
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Nvidia in talks to invest $1.5bn in SB Energy
Would support the development of an up to 10GW data center campus in Ohio for OpenAI
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US utility Southern Co reports 55% higher data center power usage compared to last year
Reported a 6GW surge in its contracted large-load pipeline
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Y Combinator-backed Impact Drones to offer missile-intercepting drone service for data centers and grid operators
Following several strikes on data centers in US-Israel and Iran conflict
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Nvidia considers $250bn backstop for OpenAI's planned 10GW Ohio data center - report
SoftBank facility is planned on Department of Energy land
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OpenAI plans 3.2GW data center campus in Effingham County, Georgia
Is contracting energy from Georgia Power Company for project
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Vantage tops out second building at OpenAI's Lighthouse campus in Wisconsin
Structural work completed
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OpenAI: "New bet" to partner with semiconductor companies, using AI to optimize chip design
After it used its own models to help co-design the Jalapeño AI chip with Broadcom
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OpenAI in talks to lease 10GW data center from SB Energy in Ohio
Data center project on federal land in the state
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OpenAI files for US IPO, but says it still has things it wants to do while private
A week after Anthropic filed for its IPO
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Bernie Sanders says US public should take 50% stake in OpenAI and Anthropic
Seizing the means of (slop) production
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Oracle and OpenAI start construction on Stargate data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan
Project dubbed "The Barn"
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OpenAI and Broadcom in discussions over financing of $18bn custom chip project – report
Broadcom’s investment in initial project phase reportedly tied to Microsoft purchase commitments
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OpenAI claims to have secured 10GW of AI infrastructure capacity ahead of 2029 target
3GW added in last 90 days alone
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OpenAI Stargate's Milam, Texas, 'Freebird' data center to span 548,950 sq ft in first phase
Texas filing reveals project will cost around $470 million
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Pimco in talks to provide $14bn in debt financing for Oracle's Michigan data center - report
Follows reports that data center investor Related Digital was nearing financing for the project
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Related Digital closes in on $16bn financing for Oracle data center in Michigan - report
Likely for Oracle’s Stargate development in Saline Township, Michigan
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OpenAI closes funding round, raises $122bn at $852bn valuation
More money to pour into compute
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Microsoft agrees to lease 700MW at Crusoe's data center in Abilene, Texas - report
Talks conclude: Microsoft gets the gig