Anthropic and OpenAI are pursuing agreements for existing, smaller data center facilities with roughly 20-30 MW of capacity in the UK, Nordic countries and the US, according to a CNBC report citing sources familiar with the talks. This comes even as both companies have already committed tens of billions of dollars toward massive gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure projects, including Anthropic's $45 billion Nscale deal and OpenAI's expanding Stargate commitments.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-22
Oracle has requested proposals for 2 gigawatts of renewable energy in New Mexico as it faces local protests and legal challenges over the $165 billion Project Jupiter data center it's building with OpenAI in Santa Teresa. The facility, part of the Stargate AI infrastructure initiative, will still run on natural gas-powered fuel cells rather than direct renewable power, and analysts note the renewable investment is a 'synthetic' match rather than a direct power source for the site.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-11
OpenAI Korea's Harrison Kim disclosed that OpenAI and Samsung are collaborating on production and research for next-generation chips, though he gave no specifics on the chips or Samsung's exact role. He also revealed Samsung has become one of the largest global enterprise deployments of ChatGPT, with staff across multiple markets using it for research, marketing and sales.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-10
OpenAI has released GPT-6 Astra, a model trained on over 100,000 GPUs at its Texas Stargate site, marking the first time OpenAI used other AI models to help supervise training. President Greg Brockman described it as a 'generational leap' and hinted it could mark the arrival of artificial general intelligence. The model will roll out first to select partners in OpenAI's Daybreak Access program before reaching ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise and API users.
slashdot.org
· 2026-09-03
Chris Malone, who led OpenAI's data center strategy after joining from Meta and Google in March 2024, has left the company. OpenAI confirmed it recently restructured its infrastructure organization, shifting oversight so that Malone no longer reported to President Greg Brockman but instead to VP Sachin Katti before his exit. The company says several other executives, including Uday Ruddarraju, Brent Mayo and Spas Lazarov, remain in charge of its data center efforts.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-08-26
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