OpenAI plans to occupy a $3 billion data center campus near Austin

[Neil Narayan]

OpenAI Inc. plans to occupy a $3 billion data center campus in Milam County (NE of Austin) as part of an expansion of its Stargate joint venture, which has its flagship artificial intelligence hyperscale site in West Texas.

• - Sam Altman's OpenAI is taking space in a planned Milam County data center campus.
• - Its larger Stargate project is set to be a $400 billion-plus investment over the next three years.
• - Central Texas continues to be a hub of data center activity.