Inside OpenAI’s $1.4 Trillion Bet: Foxconn Factories and the Stargate Data Center Race

We may earn from vendors via affiliate links or sponsorships. This might affect product placement on our site, but not the content of our reviews. See our Terms of Use for details.

OpenAI has tapped the iPhone manufacturing giant Foxconn to design and build artificial intelligence data center components in the United States.

The Taiwan-based company has five US factories in Wisconsin, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Indiana, which are primarily used for advanced specialist manufacturing and research and development. Foxconn is already rewiring much of its US manufacturing output towards data centers, aiming to become the lead supplier of components to the new facilities opening over the next decade.

For OpenAI, the deal includes access to core data center components such as power supply, cabling, networking, and cooling systems, which OpenAI and others can tailor to meet specific requirements.

The exact terms were not disclosed, which is ...