OpenAI's Stargate Project: Global AI Data Center Infrastructure Buildout

Summary

OpenAI's Stargate project represents a massive global AI infrastructure buildout spanning multiple geographies. The Stargate UAE initiative, announced in May 2025, is a 1 GW data center venture in the United Arab Emirates with partners including G42, Oracle, Nvidia, Cisco, and SoftBank. The project will initially deploy 200 MW by 2026, scaling to a full 1 GW, and OpenAI claims it will serve up to half the world's population within a roughly 2,000-mile radius. The UAE expansion benefited from ch