OpenAI announced its "Stargate Community plan" on Tuesday, aiming to achieve energy self-sufficiency and ensure its operations do not increase electricity costs for local communities. The Stargate project, a multi-year, $500 billion initiative to build AI data centers for training and inference, has garnered support from major investors including Oracle. As energy access becomes a key constraint on AI development, many tech companies are directly investing in power infrastructure to support larger and more numerous data centers. OpenAI stated that each Stargate site will have a tailored community plan, "driven by community input and local needs." "Specifically, this could include providing entirely new dedicated power and storage facilities for the project (fully funded by the project team), or increasing and paying for new energy generation and transmission resources." (Jinshi)