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$500 Billion “Stargate” AI Project Expands With Five New Data Centers

Key Takeaways

  • Massive Investment: The Stargate project, backed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, has already secured $400 billion toward its $500 billion goal, with five new AI data centers announced.
  • Texas Advantage: CEO Sam Altman credited Texas’s abundant energy, fast permitting, land availability, and pro-business climate as decisive factors in site selection.
  • Meeting Demand: With ChatGPT usage up more than 10x since last year, Stargate aims to deliver 10 gigawatts of power capacity to fuel America’s leadership in AI innovation.

The race for artificial intelligence supremacy is heating up—and the U.S. is planting its flag. The $500 billion Stargate project, backed by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, is moving full speed ahead with five new data center sites announced Tuesday.

The sites include Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; Lordstown, Ohio; Milam County, Texas; and an upcoming Midwest location soon to be revealed. Together, they mark a massive step toward Stargate’s goal of delivering 10 gigawatts of computing capacity—giving America a serious edge in the AI arms race.

At the flagship campus in Abilene, Texas, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told FOX Business: “We announced in January that we were going to do a $500 billion project. We’re ahead of schedule… and we’re going to keep expanding like this.” He added bluntly: “This is what it takes to make ChatGPT work.”

The numbers back it up. More than $400 billion in investment is already committed, with nearly 7 gigawatts of capacity secured. Demand for ChatGPT has grown more than tenfold in just the last year, driving the need for scale at breakneck speed.

Altman praised Texas as a hub for the buildout, citing its abundant energy, land availability, pro-business regulatory climate, and skilled workforce. “Texas has been an unusually good place for us to be doing these projects,” he said.

The message is clear: if America wants to lead in AI, it must unleash private-sector innovation, lean on states that embrace growth, and cut the red tape that slows progress. Stargate isn’t just a tech project—it’s a statement of American exceptionalism, showing the world that when it comes to the future of AI, the United States isn’t playing catch-up. It’s leading.

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