OpenAI Secures 10 GW of AI Compute Capacity Years Ahead of 2029 Goal

OpenAI announced on April 30 2026 that it has signed contracts for 10 gigawatts (GW) of artificial-intelligence computing capacity, a target originally slated for 2029. The contracts accelerate the company’s data-center build-out and broaden its ability to train large models.

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The capacity drive originates from the “Stargate” project unveiled in January 2025 as a $500 billion joint venture of OpenAI, Oracle Corp. and SoftBank Group Corp. Although initially a single venture, Stargate now serves as a brand for all of OpenAI’s data-center initiatives, with the original 2029 deadline now compressed by several years. The venture was publicly unveiled at a White House event.

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Two gigawatts come from Amazon.com Inc.; a further gigawatt is from an undisclosed partner. The remaining seven gigawatts are tied to future agreements not yet finalized. OpenAI also declined to lease expansion at the flagship Abilene data-center in Texas and paused a UK project because of high energy costs and regulation. It also abandoned talks for a Norway site developed by Nscale, which had been linked to the UK effort.

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• Total contracted capacity: 10 GW

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• Secured in the last 90 days: 3 GW (2 GW from Amazon, 1 GW undisclosed)

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• 1 GW can power roughly 750,000 U.S. homes.

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The added compute capacity enables larger model training, supporting OpenAI’s product pipeline and its competitive stance in the generative-AI market. Faster hardware access can shorten development cycles and speed new service rollouts.

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OpenAI’s blog post called the contracts a “key milestone” that “boosts the startup’s ambitious plans for data-center expansion.” It added that the firm is looking at additional sites and plans to expand compute capacity in the coming years.

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Analysts note the energy intensity of multi-gigawatt AI farms. OpenAI’s own pause of the UK project, citing “high cost of energy and regulation,” underscores broader worries about sustainability and policy constraints on large-scale compute.

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The identity of the undisclosed 1 GW partner is not revealed, and OpenAI has not named sites for the remaining seven gigawatts. No timeline is provided for finalizing those contracts, leaving a gap in the rollout plan.

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• “The ChatGPT creator has signed contracts for 10 gigawatts of artificial intelligence computing capacity, it said in a blog post on Wednesday.” — OpenAI, Blog post

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• “OpenAI said in the Wednesday blog post that 3 of the 10 gigawatts under contract had been secured in the past 90 days.” — OpenAI, Blog post

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• “will significantly expand our compute capacity in the years ahead.” — OpenAI, Blog post

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OpenAI says it is scouting additional sites worldwide and expects to finalize more capacity deals. Future phases will focus on contract negotiations, energy-cost mitigation, and scaling infrastructure to meet its expanding AI workload.

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