The Energy & Sustainability Supplement
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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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Microsoft's senior director of AI systems hardware architecture joins OpenAI
Wilson Vu to work on OpenAI's compute architecture
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OpenAI hiring for clean energy and new technology lead
Position is an individual contributor lead role and will initially have no direct reports
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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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Firmus to provide OpenAI with compute capacity in Malaysia
While OpenAI's Stargate efforts in South Korea stall
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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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Former OpenAI Stargate exec Shamez Hemani joins Anthropic after brief Meta Compute stint
Was one of a group of departures to Meta's compute team
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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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OpenAI plans 3.2GW data center campus in Effingham County, Georgia
Is contracting energy from Georgia Power Company for project
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Tata acquires land in India for OpenAI data centers - report
But details sparse
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Uday Ruddarraju named OpenAI's CTO of Compute
Former xAI staffer celebrates one-year anniversary at company
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xAI appeals to Ninth Circuit after US court dismisses data center trade secret case against OpenAI
And OpenAI attempts to get its legal fees paid by Musk's company
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OpenAI's Sam Altman accuses Musk of selling public market investors "on short-term space data centers"
Generative AI business unlikely to make use of proposed SpaceX Orbital Data Center System
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Generate Capital's Sven Semmelmann joins OpenAI as head of compute capital markets
As the company prepares for a possible IPO
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NextDC S7 Australian data center to offer 612MW of capacity, OpenAI Stargate planned as customer
Sydney facility in early stages
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Vantage tops out second building at OpenAI's Lighthouse campus in Wisconsin
Structural work completed
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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 president Greg Brockman owns stakes in Cerebras, CoreWeave, Stripe, and Helion
All companies with which OpenAI has entered into business deals
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OpenAI missed revenue and user targets, faces internal concern over meeting data center spend commitments - report
As company reworks Stargate and preps for IPO
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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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Synergy Research: Cloud spending hits $129bn in Q1 2026, ninth consecutive quarter of growth
Highest growth rate since Q4 2021