OpenAI's Stargate Project is a joint venture to build new AI infrastructure in the U.S., starting with a $100 billion supercomputer cluster, with a long-term vision to cost $500 billion by 2030.

OpenAI and its partners are planning to borrow hundreds of billions of dollars to fund a data center buildout.

In November 2024, OpenAI published a document titled "OpenAI's infrastructure blueprint for the US" to justify its data center buildout and spending, invoking Russia and China as geopolitical rivals.

Sam Altman planned for "Stargate" to expand into the UAE, building a data center campus in Abu Dhabi seven times larger than Central Park, consuming as much power as Miami.

OpenAI had talked about almost $1.4 trillion in investments.

The stakes for AI infrastructure spending are over a trillion dollars.