Demand for AI Data Centers Sends Prospectors Hunting for Land and Power - The New York Times

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Former Microsoft executive Brian Janous and his firm Cloverleaf act as modern land men, packaging electricity and land to meet AI data center demand.

OpenAI Stargate: where the US sites stand
OpenAI's $500 billion Stargate project has seven US sites under construction totaling over 9 GW, with 0.3 GW already operational in Abilene, Texas.
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Even the Sky May Not Be the Limit for A.I. Data Centers - The New York Times
A.I. data centers may exhaust earth's land and energy, prompting tech leaders to explore orbital deployment for unlimited space and solar power.
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Big Tech Is Buying Up America’s Land—and Home Builders Can’t Compete - WSJ
Big Tech firms like Microsoft and Google are buying up land for data centers in Northern Virginia, outbidding home builders and reducing housing supply.
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OpenAI has effectively abandoned first-party Stargate data centers in favor of more flexible deals — company now prefers to lease compute and says Stargate is an umbrella term
OpenAI has abandoned building first-party Stargate data centers in favor of leasing compute from third parties like Oracle and Microsoft.
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