Oracle and OpenAI drop plans for mega Stargate AI US data center

• Stargate's Texas data center expansion to 2GW could be axed, capping it at 1.2GW
• The Abilene campus has already faced a number of challenges
• OpenAI may want to focus on accommodating newer chips

Oracle and OpenAI have reportedly (via Bloomberg) scrapped plans to expand the Abilene, Texas-based Stargate AI data center campus, which forms part of the $500 billion Stargate Project designed to grow US AI infrastructure.

Right now, Abilene is a two-building campus, but six further buildings are scheduled to come online this year bringing total capacity to an estimated 1.2GW.

However, plans for further expansions to reach around 2GW have now been scrapped, as OpenAI and Oracle have taken the decision not to expand its Texas campus further, however broader expansions aren't off the cards, with the companies instead targeting other US locations.