In his newly built palace near Tokyo, lined by stone statues of Roman emperors and surrounded by an 18-hole golf course, Masayoshi Son was stewing. After declaring for years the imminent arrival of the artificial-intelligence revolution,
About 875 acres in Abilene, or roughly the size of New York’s Central Park, have been set aside to construct data centers, according to city documents seen
SoftBank Group Corp. is in discussions to invest as much as $25 billion in OpenAI, a move that would potentially make it the AI startup’s biggest backer.
In a small Texas city nearly 200 miles west of Dallas, the first data center associated with the US$100 billion Stargate venture from OpenAI, SoftBank Group and Oracle is taking shape.
As energy demand surges, largely due to crypto mining facilities, data centers and industrial electrification, Texas officials are looking at how to increase supply and shore up the grid.
SoftBank Group Corp., OpenAI, and Oracle Corp. are forming a $100 billion joint venture to fund artificial intelligence infrastructure, an effort unveiled with President Donald Trump aimed at speeding development of the emerging technology.
Three major business leaders—SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son ... in Washington, DC. More Getty Texas-based Stargate will invest up to $500 billion over the next four years in AI infrastructure.
OpenAI has announced that it's teaming up with Softbank and Oracle on $100 billion data center project in the U.S.
SoftBank Group shares jumped after the company and ... Its first project will be in Texas, with additional sites across the U.S. under consideration. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, SoftBank CEO Son ...
(Bloomberg) -- SoftBank Group Corp., OpenAI ... with a buildout of the first computing system starting in Texas, SoftBank said. While SoftBank and OpenAI are the lead partners in the venture ...
Reports began circulating this week that SoftBank is in talks to invest as much as $25 billion into OpenAI, a move that would position the Japanese operator as the generative AI (gen AI) company’s biggest financial backer.
OpenAI is making big moves with its $100 billion Stargate project. Still, despite its massive price tag, the first data center planned for Abilene, Texas, is raising eyebrows about how few people it will employ once it's up and running.