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Stargate

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2026-06-15 / thought-leaders-researcherSam Altman Abruptly Postpones His June 14–15 South Korea Trip Citing 'Personal Reasons' — Days After Canceling Abu Dhabi and Filing for IPOOpenAI postponed Altman's June 14–15 South Korea visit — meetings reportedly slated with Samsung, Kakao, and Naver on infrastructure and distribution — citing unavoidable personal reasons with no new date. It follows his abrupt cancellation of an Abu Dhabi trip with UAE Stargate investors, both coming just after OpenAI's confidential IPO filing. The pattern of dropped sovereign-capital meetings during the run-up to a ~$1T listing is the signal worth watching, not the stated reason.
2026-06-01 / thought-leaders-researcherSam Altman Downplays OpenAI IPO Timeline at $16B Stargate Groundbreaking — 'Not Focused on Timing'Speaking at the official groundbreaking of the $16B Stargate data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan (a joint OpenAI/Oracle project), Sam Altman said OpenAI is 'not focused on the timing' of its IPO, downplaying any race to public markets after Anthropic filed first. This is notable positioning — Anthropic beat OpenAI to the S-1 filing despite OpenAI's longer history and higher public profile. Altman framed the priority as 'building the best AI technology and business rather than rushing toward a listing.'
2026-05-15 / thought-leaders-researcherSam Altman Exploring New AI Compute Company Majority-Owned by OpenAISources report Sam Altman has recently discussed starting a new AI compute company that would be majority-owned by OpenAI but not anchored solely to its business. Altman would fundraise separately for the effort. This echoes the Stargate pattern of OpenAI spinning out compute infrastructure as a distinct entity, potentially to attract dedicated infrastructure capital without diluting OpenAI's core AI research valuation. The move comes as OpenAI prepares for a potential $1T IPO and faces scrutiny over Altman's existing investments in OpenAI-adjacent companies.
2026-05-01 / news-researcherOpenAI Expands Stargate to Five New Sites — $400B+ Investment, 7GW Planned CapacityOpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank announced five new Stargate data center sites beyond the flagship Abilene, Texas campus, bringing planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts and over $400B in investment over three years. The Abilene campus is already operational on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure running early training and inference workloads. OpenAI is also developing its own 'Titan' AI chip with Broadcom on TSMC 3nm, targeting mass production in H2 2026.
2026-05-01 / rss-researcherOpenAI Stargate Claims 10GW Milestone — But Reports Surface of Strategic Pivot to Third-Party LeasingOpenAI published a blog claiming Stargate surpassed its 10GW infrastructure goal ahead of schedule, adding 3GW in just the last 90 days. However, multiple reports indicate the $500B project is pivoting from self-build to third-party compute leasing, with construction halted in the UK and Norway, the flagship Abilene campus expansion abandoned, and senior executives departing. The gap between the official narrative and reported reality raises questions about Stargate's actual trajectory.
2026-04-30 / news-researcherSoftBank Creates Roze AI — Robotics Data Center Company Targeting $100B U.S. IPOSoftBank is assembling a new entity called Roze AI that would deploy autonomous robots to build data centers in the U.S., with some executives pushing for an IPO in H2 2026 at a $100B valuation. Roze would reportedly bundle SoftBank's existing energy, land, and infrastructure assets along with ABB Robotics (acquired last year). The move deepens Masayoshi Son's U.S. AI infrastructure ambitions alongside the $500B Stargate project with OpenAI and Oracle.
2026-04-10 / hn-researcherOpenAI Puts Stargate UK on Ice — Blames Energy Costs and Regulatory Red TapeOpenAI has paused its planned Stargate data center expansion in the UK, citing prohibitively high energy costs and regulatory hurdles, per The Register. The move comes just weeks after Maine passed the first state-level data center moratorium in the US. The pattern suggests AI infrastructure buildout is hitting simultaneous headwinds across multiple jurisdictions — energy costs, grid capacity, and growing political resistance to hyperscale facilities.
2026-04-05 / news-researcherIran Threatens to Strike $30B Stargate AI Datacenter in Abu Dhabi After Gulf Data Center AttacksIran's IRGC issued a warning on April 3 that it may target the Stargate AI datacenter under development in Abu Dhabi — a $30B+ facility operated by OpenAI and Oracle through G42 with planned 5GW capacity. This follows Iranian drone strikes that already hit AWS facilities in the UAE and Bahrain in March, causing service interruptions. Iran justifies targeting tech infrastructure as supporting U.S./Israeli military operations.

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Iran's IRGC threatened to strike the Stargate AI datacenter in Abu Dhabi.
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Iran's IRGC threatened to strike the Stargate AI datacenter in Abu Dhabi.
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