In July, OpenAI and Oracle signed an agreement to develop up to 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate capacity, representing a partnership valued at more than $300 billion over five years. Three of the new sites are located in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and a yet-to-be-announced location in the Midwest. These sites, along with a planned 600-megawatt expansion near Abilene, can deliver over 5.5 gigawatts of capacity and are projected to create over 25,000 onsite jobs, with tens of thousands more indirectly across the U.S.
The other two newly confirmed sites, developed with SoftBank, can scale to 1.5 gigawatts within 18 months. One is in Lordstown, Ohio, where SoftBank has started construction on an advanced data center design scheduled to be operational next year. The second is in Milam County, Texas, where SB Energy, a SoftBank Group company, will provide powered infrastructure for a fast-build data center. These developments are aimed at accelerating deployment, expanding scalability, and improving cost efficiency, enabling broader access to high-performance computing.
The selection of the five sites followed a nationwide review process launched in January, during which over 300 proposals from more than 30 states were considered. This announcement is the first round of confirmed sites, with more expected as Stargate advances beyond its $500 billion commitment in U.S. AI infrastructure.
The new Oracle-led facilities will integrate with the flagship Stargate campus in Abilene, which is already running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). Oracle began delivering NVIDIA GB200 racks in June, supporting early training and inference workloads that contribute to OpenAI’s next-generation research.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, said: “AI can only fulfill its promise if we build the compute to power it. That compute is the key to ensuring everyone can benefit from AI and to unlocking future breakthroughs. We’re already making historic progress toward that goal through Stargate and moving quickly not just to meet its initial commitment, but to lay the foundation for what comes next.”
Clay Magouyrk, CEO of Oracle, stated: “Oracle’s reliable, scalable, and secure AI infrastructure is helping OpenAI rapidly scale its business. To meet this enormous demand, we continue to expand OCI’s footprint at an unrivaled pace to deliver the most performant and cost-effective AI training and inferencing.”
Masayoshi Son, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group, added: “Stargate is harnessing SoftBank’s innovative data center design and energy expertise to deliver the scalable compute that powers AI’s future. Together with OpenAI, Arm, and our Stargate partners, we are paving the way for a new era where AI advances humanity.”
