Reading up on Stargate
2 deep · digging since apr 30
- Why American data centers can't plug in
The AI buildout is bottlenecked by the slow grid interconnection process, not a power generation shortage, requiring reforms to connect data centers faster.
- 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.