OpenAI and SoftBank Group have announced a partnership with SB Energy to develop multi-gigawatt AI data center campuses, according to OpenAI. The collaboration includes plans for a 1.2 gigawatt facility in Texas that will support the Stargate initiative.
The partnership brings together OpenAI’s AI development capabilities with SoftBank’s financial resources and SB Energy’s expertise in large-scale energy and infrastructure projects. According to the announcement, the data center campuses will be designed to operate at multi-gigawatt scale, reflecting the growing energy demands of advanced AI systems.
The Texas facility, which will provide 1.2 gigawatts of power capacity, is specifically designated to support Stargate, though the announcement did not provide additional details about the timeline or specific location within Texas.
This partnership represents a significant infrastructure investment in AI computing capacity, as major AI companies continue to expand their data center operations to support increasingly powerful AI models and services. The multi-gigawatt scale of these facilities underscores the substantial energy requirements of modern AI development and deployment.