Stargate's first data center campus in Texas, a joint venture by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank, could cost an estimated $1.1 billion.
About 875 acres in Abilene, or roughly the size of New York’s Central Park, have been set aside to construct data centers, according to city documents seen
Oracle is currently hiring for a number of roles supporting the ongoing buildout of its Abilene, Texas, data center campus. That site will be the first to support The Stargate Project, a $500 billion effort to build AI data centers for OpenAI. With 10-20 data centers planned at the campus, it could become the largest cluster in the world.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a
Stargate's first data center campus, located in Abilene, will be about 875 acres, but only says it will create at least 57 jobs.
Despite its massive scale, Stargate intends to employ “at least” 57 full-time employees earning an average wage of just $57,600 annually, according to documents seen by Bloomberg regarding the ambitious data center project.
We may now know roughly how much money SoftBank and OpenAI are contributing toward Stargate, OpenAI's massive data center project.
The project backed by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank was announced by President Donald Trump Jan. 21, but it's not without its detractors.
President Donald Trump has unveiled the largest AI infrastructure project in history, with the first site located right here in Abilene, Texas. At a White House press conference, Trump introduced three of the biggest names in tech: Larry Ellison,
OpenAI has announced that it's teaming up with Softbank and Oracle on $100 billion data center project in the U.S.
The Trump Administration has announced an AI infrastructure joint venture in the U.S. named “Stargate,” comprised of OpenAI, SoftBank Group (OTC:SFTBF) (OTC:SFTBY), Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL), and Abu Dhabi’s MGX.
Stargate — the joint venture between OpenAI, Softbank and Oracle — is starting its AI infrastructure plans with 10 data centers in Texas.