OpenAI announced it has achieved 10 gigawatts of AI compute capacity in the United States, reaching the target several years ahead of its original 2029 deadline. The company revealed in a blog post that three of those gigawatts were secured in the last 90 days alone, including a 2 GW contract with Amazon. For reference, one gigawatt can power roughly 750,000 U.S. homes simultaneously.
While OpenAI plans to continue expanding its compute infrastructure, it has pulled back from several major projects. An expansion of the Stargate data center in Texas was rejected due to power supply delays, a UK project was paused because of high energy costs, and a site in Norway was abandoned entirely. The Stargate project, initially announced in early 2025 as a $500 billion joint venture with Oracle and SoftBank, has thus seen significant scaling back despite the overall compute milestone.