Amid reports suggesting delays in a major artificial intelligence infrastructure project, Oracle has denied claims that development of its AI data centre campus in Abilene, Texas, has slowed or been scrapped. The company said construction and leasing activities linked to its commitments to OpenAI are continuing as planned.
In a statement shared on X, Oracle said reports about cancelling the project are “false and incorrect.” The company added that it is working with data centre developer Crusoe to build what it described as one of the world’s largest AI data centre campuses.
“Crusoe and Oracle are operating in lockstep to deliver one of the world’s largest AI data centres in Abilene at record-breaking pace,” the company said. “Two buildings are completely operational, and the rest of the campus is on track.”
Oracle also stated that it has secured additional computing capacity to fulfil infrastructure commitments related to OpenAI’s growing demand for AI processing power.
“Oracle has completed leasing for the additional 4.5GW to deliver on our commitments to OpenAI,” the company said. “We continuously evaluate sites around the world to meet the growing demand for OCI (Optical Compute Interconnect) by working with great partners and customers all the time.”
The clarification follows a report by a global financial publication which claimed that Oracle and OpenAI had abandoned plans to expand the Abilene project due to financing discussions and changing infrastructure requirements.
The Abilene facility forms part of the broader Stargate initiative, an AI infrastructure programme supported by OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank and investment firm MGX. The initiative aims to invest up to $500 billion in artificial intelligence data centres across the United States.
Developer Crusoe is responsible for building the Abilene campus, which is expected to include 8 data centre buildings with around 1.2 gigawatts of total power capacity once completed. Currently, 2 buildings are already operational and are being used by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to support OpenAI workloads.
In addition to the Abilene facility, Oracle and OpenAI have agreed to develop up to 4.5 gigawatts of additional AI data centre capacity in the United States as part of the wider Stargate programme.
Demand for large-scale data centre infrastructure has grown rapidly as technology companies invest heavily in computing systems required to run generative AI models and services, including tools such as ChatGPT and other enterprise AI platforms.
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