- Stargate’s Texas data center expansion to 2GW could be scrapped, capping it at 1.2GW
- The Abilene campus has already faced a number of challenges
- OpenAI may want to focus on accommodating newer chips
Oracle and OpenAI have reportedly (via Bloomberg) scrapped plans to expand the Abilene, Texas-based Stargate AI data center campus, which is part of the $500 billion Stargate project designed to develop US AI infrastructure.
Right now, Abilene is a two-building campus, but six additional buildings are scheduled to come online this year, bringing the total capacity to an estimated 1.2 GW.
Plans for further expansions to around 2GW have now been scrapped as OpenAI and Oracle have taken the decision not to further expand its Texas campus, but wider expansions are not on the cards, with the companies instead targeting other US locations.
OpenAI’s Stargate Project hits an expansion block
Bloomberg says the companies reportedly faced funding and infrastructure challenges, with power delays holding back current expansion plans. OpenAI has also adjusted demand forecasts and revised its Stargate strategy.
A multi-day outage caused by extreme winter weather affecting the site’s liquid cooling equipment also damaged the relationship between OpenAI and Crusoe, the site’s infrastructure partner, which may have contributed to OpenAI’s decision to focus on other campuses instead of continuously expanding this flagship site.
Additionally, while the Abilene campus is expected to run Nvidia Blackwell chips, OpenAI may look to diversify and/or modernize and build new campuses with other chips, including Nvidia’s Vera Rubin.
In late 2025, OpenAI announced additional Stargate campuses in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; Wisconsin, Lordstown, Ohio; and Milam County, Texas.
Pakinomist adds that Meta may be in discussions with OpenAI to lease the canceled expansion capacity at Abilene, but nothing has been confirmed on that front.
TechRadar Pro has asked OpenAI to confirm changes to their Stargate plans, but we did not receive an immediate response.
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