OpenAI's $500B Power Move Just Got Bigger -- Oracle Is Building the Backbone
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This isn't just a bigger betit's a faster one. OpenAI said the early success in Abilene gave it confidence to scale rapidly. That Texas facility, now partially operational, served as a real-world stress test of what at-scale and at-speed deployment looks like. And while the effort is linked to the trio's original $500 billion infrastructure pledge with SoftBank, OpenAI clarified that SoftBank isn't financing this new roundreportedly due to financing delays amid global economic and tariff headwinds. Oracle, meanwhile, has been delivering racks of Nvidia's chips since last month, showing its role isn't just strategicit's operational.
For investors, this could mark a pivotal shift in Oracle's positioning. OpenAI expects the new capacity rollout to generate over 100,000 U.S. jobs in construction and operationsa headline-grabbing figure, even if long-term staffing remains modest. But the real story could be Oracle's deepening role as a critical infrastructure provider in the AI gold rush. With demand for AI compute infrastructure scaling faster than ever, Oracle may be setting itself up as one of the biggest behind-the-scenes winners.
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