Aug 26, 2025
OpenAI’s leadership is emphasizing the company’s immense and continuous need for computing power to fuel its artificial intelligence development. As reported by Yahoo Finance, Chief Product Officer Kevin Weil stated that every new GPU the company acquires is immediately put to use, a sentiment echoed across the C-suite.
CEO Sam Altman has projected that OpenAI will operate more than 1 million GPUs by the end of the year, a scale that dwarfs the 200,000-GPU supercluster used by Elon Musk’s xAI to train its Grok-4 model. The competitive pressure is intense, with Musk himself targeting 50 million units of compute equivalent to Nvidia’s H100 chip within five years. This demand is driven by the fundamental role of computing hardware; executives describe GPUs as a form of “currency” for AI researchers and a crucial tool for recruitment.
The insatiable demand for processing capability is a primary driver behind the launch of Stargate, a joint venture with Oracle and SoftBank with an estimated cost of $500 billion. CFO Sarah Friar explained that the project, along with other large-scale builds, is a direct response to the company being “constantly under compute.” The additional computational resources will be allocated across the organization, from improving existing product features like latency and token generation speed to launching new offerings and expanding user access. According to data from the IndexBox platform, this massive infrastructure expansion aligns with a broader market trend where global AI chipset consumption is projected to grow exponentially over the next decade to meet such soaring demand.
Internally, Weil noted that the research division’s appetite for GPUs is “basically infinite,” creating a constant need to balance these requests with product development needs while the company works to build unprecedented new capacity.
Source: IndexBox Market Intelligence Platform
1. INTRODUCTION
Making Data-Driven Decisions to Grow Your Business
REPORT DESCRIPTION
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND THE AI PLATFORM
DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
GLOSSARY AND SPECIFIC TERMS
2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A Quick Overview of Market Performance
KEY FINDINGS
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3. MARKET OVERVIEW
Understanding the Current State of The Market and its Prospects
MARKET SIZE: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
CONSUMPTION BY COUNTRY: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
MARKET FORECAST TO 2035
4. MOST PROMISING PRODUCTS FOR DIVERSIFICATION
Finding New Products to Diversify Your Business
TOP PRODUCTS TO DIVERSIFY YOUR BUSINESS
BEST-SELLING PRODUCTS
MOST CONSUMED PRODUCTS
MOST TRADED PRODUCTS
MOST PROFITABLE PRODUCTS FOR EXPORT
5. MOST PROMISING SUPPLYING COUNTRIES
Choosing the Best Countries to Establish Your Sustainable Supply Chain
TOP COUNTRIES TO SOURCE YOUR PRODUCT
TOP PRODUCING COUNTRIES
TOP EXPORTING COUNTRIES
LOW-COST EXPORTING COUNTRIES
6. MOST PROMISING OVERSEAS MARKETS
Choosing the Best Countries to Boost Your Export
TOP OVERSEAS MARKETS FOR EXPORTING YOUR PRODUCT
TOP CONSUMING MARKETS
UNSATURATED MARKETS
TOP IMPORTING MARKETS
MOST PROFITABLE MARKETS
7. PRODUCTION
The Latest Trends and Insights into The Industry
PRODUCTION VOLUME AND VALUE: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
PRODUCTION BY COUNTRY: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
8. IMPORTS
The Largest Import Supplying Countries
IMPORTS: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
IMPORTS BY COUNTRY: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
IMPORT PRICES BY COUNTRY: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
9. EXPORTS
The Largest Destinations for Exports
EXPORTS: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
EXPORTS BY COUNTRY: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
EXPORT PRICES BY COUNTRY: HISTORICAL DATA (2012–2024) AND FORECAST (2025–2035)
10. PROFILES OF MAJOR PRODUCERS
The Largest Producers on The Market and Their Profiles
11. COUNTRY PROFILES
The Largest Markets And Their Profiles
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United States
China
Japan
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Brazil
Italy
Russian Federation
India
Canada
Australia
Republic of Korea
Spain
Mexico
Indonesia
Netherlands
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Switzerland
Sweden
Nigeria
Poland
Belgium
Argentina
Norway
Austria
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
Colombia
Denmark
South Africa
Malaysia
Israel
Singapore
Egypt
Philippines
Finland
Chile
Ireland
Pakistan
Greece
Portugal
Kazakhstan
Algeria
Czech Republic
Qatar
Peru
Romania
Vietnam
LIST OF TABLES
Key Findings In 2024
Market Volume, In Physical Terms: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Market Value: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Per Capita Consumption, by Country, 2022–2024
Production, In Physical Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Imports, In Value Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Import Prices, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Exports, In Value Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Export Prices, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
LIST OF FIGURES
Market Volume, In Physical Terms: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Market Value: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Consumption, by Country, 2024
Market Volume Forecast to 2035
Market Value Forecast to 2035
Market Size and Growth, By Product
Average Per Capita Consumption, By Product
Exports and Growth, By Product
Export Prices and Growth, By Product
Production Volume and Growth
Exports and Growth
Export Prices and Growth
Market Size and Growth
Per Capita Consumption
Imports and Growth
Import Prices
Production, In Physical Terms: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Production, In Value Terms: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Production, by Country, 2024
Production, In Physical Terms, by Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Imports, In Physical Terms: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Imports, In Value Terms: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2024
Imports, In Physical Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Imports, In Value Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Import Prices, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Exports, In Physical Terms: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Exports, In Value Terms: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country, 2024
Exports, In Physical Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Exports, In Value Terms, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)
Export Prices, By Country: Historical Data (2012–2024) and Forecast (2025–2035)