OpenAI Adjusts Stargate Strategy, Abandons Self-Built Data Centers, Computing Budget Reduced to $600 Billion

SmartContractAuditor · 2026-03-17T06:24:52+00:00

OpenAI makes major adjustments to the Stargate project, abandoning plans to build its own data centers and turning to third-party services such as AWS and Google Cloud. The estimated computing expenditure is expected to decrease from 1.4 trillion dollars to 600 billion dollars. Under financing pressure, OpenAI has also reached a new collaboration model with SoftBank.

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2026-03-17 06:24:52

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Odaily Planet Daily reports that according to 1M AI News monitoring, OpenAI has made significant adjustments to its Stargate computing infrastructure project, abandoning self-built data centers in favor of third-party cloud services such as AWS and Google Cloud for computing power. The company’s total computing expenditure forecast for 2030 has been reduced from previously $1.4 trillion to approximately $600 billion.

This adjustment is mainly driven by funding pressures. Since its proposal in 2025, the Stargate project has progressed slowly and has not secured large-scale construction financing. OpenAI has exited negotiations for expansion in Texas and has reached a new partnership model with SoftBank, where SoftBank is responsible for energy and facility development, while OpenAI secures computing resources through long-term leases.

Additionally, OpenAI is shifting its computing deployment to NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin platform, aiming to achieve its first gigawatt-scale computing capacity by the second half of 2026.

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