Microsoft relaxes data center grip on OpenAI

OpenAI and Softbank are starting a $500 billion AI data center company
A plan to build a system of data centers for artificial intelligence has been revealed in a White House press conference, with Masayoshi Son, Sam Altman, and Larry Ellison joining Donald Trump to announce The Stargate Project.
Microsoft relaxes data center grip on OpenAI amid $500 bln joint venture
Microsoft on Tuesday said it has changed some key terms of a deal with OpenAI after the ChatGPT creator announced a joint venture with Oracle and Japan's SoftBank Group to build up to $500 billion of new AI data centers in the United States.
OpenAI teams up with SoftBank and Oracle on $500B data center project
OpenAI has announced that it's teaming up with Softbank and Oracle on $100 billion data center project in the U.S.
OpenAI and Softbank team up for a $500 billion AI data center venture
OpenAI will build and open AI infrastructure worth $500 billion in the United States over the next four years in partnership with SoftBank. The two entities have teamed up to establish a new company called the Stargate Project to build AI data centers for the ChatGPT maker,
AI Stocks Rise on Reported $100 Billion Data Center Deal
OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle are reportedly planning a joint venture called Stargate focused on building data centers and other infrastructure to support AI development, according to CBS News. The companies are expected to invest at least $100 billion in the initiative and up to $500 billion over the next four years,
Japan Sees Data Center-Driven Power Boom in Northern Region
Electricity demand in Japan’s Hokkaido area is expected to grow the fastest in the country, as the region prepares to roll ...
Lonestar's moonshot: Firm aims to place data center on lunar surface
Lonestar Data Holdings is reaching for the moon in its quest to place the first physical data center on the lunar landscape.
Could more data centers come to Oklahoma? UAE-based company announces $20B investment plan
A UAE investment firm planned to expand across eight states in the sunbelt. Government officials commented on the potential ...
Whitmer signs data center tax break, charter transparency and transgender name change bills
Nearly three dozen bills were signed into law Friday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, which among other things, incentivize data ...
Anthropic CEO says AGI is a marketing term and the next AI milestone will be like a 'country of geniuses in a data center'
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said it was an "evocative phrase for all the power and all the positive things" and "all of the ...
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Sustainability, grid demands, AI workloads will challenge data center growth in 2025
Uptime Institute predicts the data center industry in 2025 will face pressure over resource consumption, grid integration ...
Clayco’s new CEO guiding firm through data center boom
Anthony Johnson took the helm of the Chicago-based construction conglomerate this month as it launched a data center division ...
Tritax Buys 74-Acre Heathrow Site to Build a Massive Data Center
Warehouse landlord Tritax Big Box REIT Plc is pivoting into data center development after purchasing a site where it plans to ...
Va. lawmakers cross partisan divide to address data center growth
A recent state study found that, left unchecked, the industry’s expansion could triple Virginia’s electricity needs by 2040.
Elon Musk fumes as Trump’s Stargate AI announcement elevates arch-rival Sam Altman
The Stargate project has big implications for U.S. AI leadership, but also for who's winning the new president's ear.