OpenAI Launches Stargate Community Plan to Achieve Energy Self-Sufficiency

OpenAI announced the launch of the 'Stargate Community Plan' on Tuesday, aiming to achieve energy self-sufficiency and ensure its operations do not increase local community electricity costs. According to Odaily, the Stargate Plan is a multi-year initiative with a budget of $500 billion, focused on building AI data centers for training and inference, supported by major investors including Oracle. As energy acquisition becomes a critical constraint in AI development, several tech companies are investing directly in power infrastructure to support larger and more numerous data centers. OpenAI stated that each Stargate Plan site will feature a customized community plan guided by community feedback and local needs. Specifically, this may involve providing new dedicated power and storage facilities funded entirely by the project, or covering the costs of new energy generation and transmission resources.