Stargate, a joint venture between OpenAI, Oracle and Softbank, said it is building two more data center complexes in Texas, one in New Mexico, one in Ohio and another in a Midwest location it hasn’t yet disclosed. “We’re burning gas to run this data center,” said Altman, but added that “in the long trajectory of Stargate” the hope is to rely on many other power sources. Indeed, the data center complex includes a new gas-fired power plant, using natural gas turbines similar to those that power warships. Cruz called Texas “ground zero for AI” because if “you’re building a data center, what do you want? 1, you want abundant, low-cost energy.”Of the other five Stargate data center projects announced Tuesday, Oracle is working with OpenAI to build one just northeast of Abilene, in Shackelford County, Texas, and another in New Mexico’s Doña Ana County.