OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank on Tuesday unveiled five new U.S. data center sites under “Stargate,” the $500 billion AI infrastructure platform, bringing the initiative’s planned capacity to nearly 7 gigawatts and more than $400 billion of committed investment.
The new facilities, announced September 24, include large-scale campuses in Shackelford County, Texas; Doña Ana County, New Mexico; a yet-to-be-named Midwest location; Lordstown, Ohio; and Milam County, Texas.
Jobs
According to the companies, the sites will create 25,000 onsite jobs and tens of thousands of indirect jobs nationwide. Oracle will lead development of three sites totaling over 5.5 GW of new capacity, while SoftBank will spearhead two sites that could scale to 1.5 GW, including a fast-build campus in Texas powered by its SB Energy subsidiary.
The announcement follows a January 2025 White House event, where the three companies committed to a $500 billion, 10-gigawatt national AI buildout. With more than $400 billion now under development, executives said Stargate is ahead of schedule and expected to meet the full target by the end of 2025.
“AI can only fulfill its promise if we build the compute to power it,” said Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. “We’re already making historic progress toward that goal through Stargate and moving quickly not just to meet its initial commitment, but to lay the foundation for what comes next.”
The projects will supply OpenAI’s next-generation research workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, using NVIDIA’s latest GB200 hardware. Oracle began delivering racks in June and has already launched early training and inference operations at the flagship Abilene, Texas campus, which is expanding in parallel.
Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank, called the expansion a step toward “a new era where AI advances humanity.”
The companies said they received over 300 site proposals from 30 states, underscoring nationwide competition for AI infrastructure investment. Additional Stargate locations are expected to be announced in the coming months as the initiative surpasses its initial commitment.
Factsheet: Stargate Expands with Five New AI Data Center Sites
Announcement Date: September 24, 2025
Program Overview
Total Commitment (Jan 2025): $500 billion, 10 gigawatts (GW) nationwide
Progress as of Sept 24, 2025: Nearly 7 GW of planned capacity and over $400 billion in cumulative investment
Lead Partners: OpenAI, Oracle, SoftBank Group (including SB Energy)
Jobs: 25,000 onsite + tens of thousands additional across the U.S.
New Sites Announced – Sept. 24, 2025
Oracle-led Sites (3 total)
Shackelford County, Texas
Doña Ana County, New Mexico
Midwest site (to be announced soon)
Capacity: Combined total of over 5.5 GW
SoftBank-led Sites (2 total)
Lordstown, Ohio (groundbreaking completed)
Milam County, Texas (developed with SB Energy, fast-build powered site)
Capacity: Together can scale to up to 1.5 GW
Flagship & Ongoing Projects
Abilene, Texas (Flagship Campus): Already operational on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure; NVIDIA GB200 racks delivered in June; early workloads underway.
CoreWeave Partnerships: Additional projects underway as part of Stargate expansion.
Significance
Largest private infrastructure program in U.S. history.
Ahead of schedule: $400B+ already in motion toward $500B target by end of 2025.
Competitive site selection: 300+ proposals reviewed from 30+ states.
