OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank expand Stargate with five new AI datacenter sites

Update on October 22, 2025: The Midwest site mentioned in this blog post will be located in Wisconsin and be developed by Oracle in partnership with Vantage⁠(opens in a new window).

OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank are announcing five new U.S. AI data center sites under Stargate, OpenAI’s overarching AI infrastructure platform. The combined capacity from these five new sites—along with our flagship site in Abilene, Texas, and ongoing projects with CoreWeave—brings Stargate to nearly 7 gigawatts of planned capacity and over $400 billion in investment over the next three years. This puts us on a clear path to securing the full $500 billion, 10-gigawatt commitment we announced in January by the end of 2025, ahead of schedule. 

In July, OpenAI and Oracle entered an agreement to develop up to 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate capacity. This represents a partnership that exceeds $300 billion between the two companies over the next five years. The three new sites—located in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; and a site in the Midwest, which we expect to announce soon; combined with an additional potential expansion of 600 megawatts near the flagship Stargate site in Abilene, Texas—can deliver over 5.5 gigawatts of capacity. Together, these sites are expected to create over 25,000 onsite jobs, and tens of thousands of additional jobs across the U.S. We remain in the process of evaluating additional sites.

The five new sites were chosen through a rigorous nationwide process launched in January. OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank reviewed over 300 proposals from more than 30 states. Today’s announcement marks the first set of selections, with additional U.S. sites to come as we complete and surpass our initial commitment to invest $500 billion in U.S. AI infrastructure.