{"id":177337,"date":"2025-09-23T22:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/177337\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T22:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T22:52:09","slug":"sam-altman-wants-to-build-1-gw-of-new-ai-infrastructure-per-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/177337\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Altman Wants to Build 1 GW of New AI Infrastructure Per Week."},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam Altman<\/a> just shared an ambitious goal for rapidly scaling artificial intelligence: Build a factory capable of producing one gigawatt of new “AI infrastructure every week.”<\/p>\n

In a Tuesday blog post titled “Abundant Intelligence,” the OpenAI CEO said that the “groundwork” for building out AI infrastructure is being put in place as more people rely on AI.<\/p>\n

“Our vision is simple: we want to create a factory that can produce a gigawatt of new AI infrastructure every week,” Altman wrote, adding that the “execution of this will be extremely difficult” and will take years to accomplish the goal.<\/p>\n

“In our opinion, it will be the coolest and most important infrastructure project ever,” he said.<\/p>\n

Altman’s post said that “a lot” of the infrastructure will be built in the US and that more details on partners and plans to make the goal a reality will be unveiled over the next couple of months.<\/p>\n

While Altman did not cite specific projects, one of the major vehicles that could help with Altman’s scaling efforts is Stargate, a $500 billion joint AI infrastructure project between OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank.<\/p>\n

The first Stargate data center<\/a> is under construction in Abilene, Texas.<\/p>\n

A gigawatt of AI infrastructure \u2014 enough to power 876,000 households for a year \u2014 per week could also support some of OpenAI’s other recently announced ventures.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Nvidia announced a $100 billion investment in Altman’s startup, giving it access to at least 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters.<\/p>\n

OpenAI also announced on Tuesday five more AI data center sites for its Stargate project, including the Abilene facility, which would deliver nearly 7 gigawatts of capacity.<\/p>\n

The lingering question<\/a> following both announcements is where exactly OpenAI will get the energy to power these systems.<\/p>\n

Energy experts previously told Business Insider that getting access to the electricity needed by the Nvidia deal alone will be a challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brad Gastwirth, global head of research and market intelligence at Circular Technology, described the issue to BI as the\u00a0“silent bottleneck<\/a>” for the tech industry’s goals to scale AI.<\/p>\n

“This is going to become a bigger and bigger issue as each year progresses,” he said.<\/p>\n

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