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The economic impact of Stargate spanning multiple industries OpenAI estimates the 4.5-gigawatt expansion will generate over 100,000 jobs, spanning construction roles to long-term operations positions.
These include electricians, equipment operators, facility managers and technicians, many requiring workers to relocate across significant distances.
“ Together, we ' re committed to delivering 10GW of new compute capacity through Stargate – one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in US history,” says Safra Catz, Oracle ' s CEO.
“ We ' re moving with urgency on site assessments and reimagining how data centres are designed to power advanced AI and make its benefits widely accessible.”
Whether Stargate succeeds will depend not just on the technical execution of these massive data centres, but on OpenAI ' s ability to translate raw computing power into AI capabilities that justify the enormous investment.
“ It ' s easy to throw around numbers, but this is a gigantic infrastructure project,” Sam says. aimagazine. com 189