Overview
- Bloomberg reported that Oracle and OpenAI walked away from tentative plans to lease a large expansion at the Abilene, Texas site, while construction and operations continue at parts of the facility.
- The canceled build was expected to raise the site’s capacity from about 1.2 gigawatts to roughly 2 gigawatts, according to the reporting.
- Meta is considering leasing the planned expansion from developer Crusoe after the partners halted talks.
- Nvidia placed a $150 million deposit with Crusoe and worked to keep the facility aligned to its GPUs rather than AMD hardware.
- The reversal highlights ongoing strain inside the Stargate venture announced by President Donald Trump with up to $500 billion in intended AI infrastructure investment.