OpenAI and Oracle plan to begin filling a massive new data center in Texas with tens of thousands of powerful AI chips from Nvidia in the coming months, part of a push to get the first facility for their $100 billion Stargate infrastructure venture up and running. The site, in the small city of Abilene, is expected to house 64,000 of Nvidia’s coveted GB200 semiconductors by the end of 2026, according to a person familiar with the matter. The chips will be added to several halls of the data center in phases, with an initial rollout of 16,000 set to be completed by this summer, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal plans. The total planned shipments represent a massive amount of computing power for just the initial phases of one data center for a single customer. It also underscores the potential scale of the Stargate joint venture, which was unveiled by OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle at a White House event in January. OpenAI previously said Stargate will expand to as many as 10 sites. An OpenAI spokesperson said the startup is working together with Oracle on the design and delivery of the Abilene data center, and that Oracle is in charge of getting and operating the supercomputer that is being built there. Oracle did not respond to a request for comment. Nvidia declined to comment.

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