OpenAI and Oracle are expected to deploy 64,000 Nvidia GB200s at the Stargate data center in Abilene, Texas by the end of 2026.
According to a report from Bloomberg, the chips will be deployed in phases, with 16,000 due to be installed at the site by the end of this summer.
The news comes a week after Nvidia revealed it would be providing its Spectrum-X ethernet networking platform for the first Stargate data centers.
In response to Bloomberg's request for comment, a spokesperson for OpenAI told the publication it was working with Oracle on the design and delivery of the Abilene data center, but Oracle was in charge of sourcing and operating the supercomputer being built there. Oracle did not respond, while Nvidia declined a request to comment.
Stargate is a $500 billion joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank, and Abu Dhabi's MGX to deploy a number of large data centers across the US. The project is currently set to be built out over four years, with OpenAI aiming to develop five to ten campuses, each able to support 1GW of capacity or more.
The large-scale data center in Abilene is the first Stargate facility to get underway, with Crusoe developing the campus in partnership with Oracle on land owned by Lancium.
However, OpenAI is also reportedly exploring other Stargate data center options in 16 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
Elon Musk’s xAI Colossus supercomputer in Memphis, Tennessee, also uses Nvidia Spectrum-X for its Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) network and was recently reported to be considering building a second data center to house $5bn worth of GB200 AI servers from Dell Technologies.
