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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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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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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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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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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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Oracle and OpenAI start construction on Stargate data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan
Project dubbed "The Barn"
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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 drops out of multi-billion dollar UK investment plan, says Stargate UK is on hold
Blames energy prices and regulations
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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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Microsoft agrees to lease 700MW at Crusoe's data center in Abilene, Texas - report
Talks conclude: Microsoft gets the gig
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Oracle/OpenAI drop plans to expand flagship Abilene Stargate site, Meta in talks to pick up Crusoe capacity with Nvidia's help
Financing challenges and Stargate's changing scope end Texas data center expansion plans
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JLL: Texas to become world’s largest data center market by 2030
With nearly two thirds of US data center construction happening in frontier markets
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Trump admin pushes data center companies to commit to pact on energy prices and water usage
Following earlier deal with Microsoft
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Oracle revealed as tenant of Project Jupiter data center campus in New Mexico
Site being developed by Stack and BorderPlex Digital Assets will be used for OpenAI
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CoreWeave shareholder files lawsuit alleging company mislead investors over ability to deliver compute
Cites recent reports of data center delays
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SoftBank's SB Energy to build and operate OpenAI's 1.2GW Stargate data center in Milam County, Texas
OpenAI, SoftBank commit $1 billion into the firm
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OpenAI hires former UK Chancellor George Osborne to lead global Stargate data center expansion
Austerity architect to focus on build out outside of the US
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Oracle denies OpenAI data center delays
Previous reports suggested data center completion dates had been pushed back a year
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Vantage breaks ground on Texas gigawatt data center campus for OpenAI
Company starts work on Stargate site
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Oracle delays some of its OpenAI data centers from 2027 to 2028 - report
Shares dip on the news
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Equinix's Jeremy Mickler joins OpenAI as land development lead
Was the design director at the colocation giant
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Three arrested at data center hearing in Port Washington, Wisconsin
Unlikely to help the data center's case