Oracle and OpenAI have entered an agreement to develop 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate data center capacity in the U.S. This investment will create new jobs, accelerate America’s reindustrialization, and help advance U.S. AI leadership.
Together with the Stargate I site in Abilene, Texas, this additional partnership with Oracle will bring them to over 5 gigawatts of Stargate AI data center capacity under development, which will run over 2 million chips. This significantly advances their progress toward the commitment they announced at the White House in January to invest $500 billion into 10 gigawatts of AI infrastructure in the U.S. over the next four years. They now expect to exceed their initial commitment thanks to strong momentum with partners including Oracle and SoftBank.
It will also drive a significant share of the hundreds of thousands of jobs they expect will be created from Stargate over the coming years. They estimate that building, developing and operating the additional 4.5 GW of data center capacity being announced today will create over 100,000 jobs across construction and operations roles in the U.S. This estimate includes direct full-time jobs needed to operate Stargate data centers, short-term construction roles like the many highly specialized electricians at work at the Stargate I site in Abilene, TX, and indirect jobs like manufacturing and local service roles.
Meanwhile, construction of Stargate I in Abilene is progressing and parts of the facility are now up and running. Oracle began delivering the first Nvidia GB200 racks last month and OpenAI recently began running early training and inference workloads, using this capacity to push the limits of their next-generation frontier research. The Stargate I site has already created thousands of jobs, with more expected as operations expand, including specialized roles for electricians, equipment operators, and technicians hailing from more than 20 states.
Complementing this expansion with Oracle, the partnership with SoftBank is moving forward with strong momentum. Both are critical to meeting OpenAI’s continually expanding compute needs. With SoftBank, they are moving quickly on site assessments and reimagining how data centers are designed to power advanced AI. These efforts will result in more capable and reliable AI for those who use their tools.
Microsoft will continue to provide cloud services for OpenAI, including through Stargate.
