Microsoft And OpenAI Partner On $100 Billion Stargate U.S. Data Center
- Microsoft and OpenAI announce that Stargate, a new AI super-computer data center project to be headquartered in the U.S. could cost over $115 billion and is planned for launch in 2028.
- Sky rocketing demands for generative artificial intelligence have accelerated demands for AI-centric data centers that can handle more advanced tasks than traditional data centers.
The Stargate supercomputer project is designed over five phases. Expenses for the Stargate plan is more than triple Microsoft’s expenditure last year on capital spending for servers, buildings, and other equipment.
With this capital outlay, the project would be over 100 times more expensive than some of the largest data centers operating today.
In addition, Stargate’s power requirements, estimated to be several gigawatts would likely require Microsoft and OpenAI to explore alternative power sources, like nuclear power.
