SemiAnalysis reports that Chinese company Envision has completed the first 120MW phase of its Galaxy AI data center campus in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, in under a year, at roughly one-fifth the cost of comparable US facilities. The full campus, serving two unnamed internet companies, is planned to reach 800MW of IT capacity by 2027, pairing data halls with dedicated wind farms and battery storage rather than relying solely on the local grid.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-09
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman met with roughly 50 senior Samsung executives at the company's Resources Development Center in Yongin, with discussions focused on AI technology direction and future business opportunities rather than a new memory supply deal. Samsung confirmed the talks built on an October 2025 letter of intent covering AI infrastructure cooperation, including memory chips for OpenAI's Stargate project. The meeting follows Altman's recent remarks suggesting underused DRAM in personal computers should instead support data centers.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-01
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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