- CoreWeave and Microsoft are partnering on the Stargate platform to develop 4.5 GW of data center capacity, with the initial site located in Abilene, Texas.
- White House unveils Stargate AI initiative, backed by Microsoft, with OpenAI leasing Oracle capacity and partnering with Cisco for the Abilene facility.
- OpenAI is leasing data center power from Oracle, which is expanding its capacity at sites in Abilene, Michigan, and Georgia.
Both Abilene and Georgia are hosting major AI infrastructure projects, with OpenAI utilizing flagship sites for its AI expansion.
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Updated Aug 27
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What happened
Both Abilene and Georgia are hosting major AI infrastructure projects, with OpenAI utilizing flagship sites for its AI expansion.
Who's involved
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The entities involved
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Abilene
city in Taylor and Jones counties in Texas, United States, that is the county seat of Taylor County
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Georgia
state of the United States of America
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CoreWeave
American cloud computing company
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