OpenAI, Oracle Expand AI Infrastructure PartnershipOpenAI and Oracle have announced they will develop an additional 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity, expanding their artificial intelligence infrastructure partnership as part of the Stargate Project, a joint venture among OpenAI, Oracle, and Japan's SoftBank Group that aims to deploy 10 gigawatts of computing capacity over four years. The announcement comes one day after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Stargate project has struggled to gain momentum and scaled back near-term plans. The push for massive AI infrastructure reflects intensifying competition with China and growing demand for computing power to run generative AI services like ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot. The Biden and Trump administrations have both prioritized AI infrastructure as critical to maintaining U.S. technological leadership. Microsoft, which backs OpenAI, continues to provide cloud services through the partnership while Oracle and SoftBank handle the infrastructure expansion.