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OpenAI plans to build 5 giant U.S. ‘Stargate’ datacenters, a $400B challenge to Meta and Microsoft in the relentless AI arms race The ChatGPT maker, along with Oracle and SoftBank, drew reporters to rural West Texas to tour the flagship Stargate data center, provide an update on new sites, and dispel doubts about the partnership’s momentum. https://fortune.com/2025/09/23/openai-oracle-and-softbank-expand-stargate-with-five-new-ai-data-centers-staging-texas-media-spectacle-to-counter-critics/