OpenAI sets sights on $1.4 trillion infrastructure build-out in massive expansion drive

CHENNAI: OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman has unveiled on Thursday an audacious trillion-dollar plan to massively expand the company’s artificial intelligence infrastructure, signalling a decisive shift from a research-focused organisation to a large-scale commercial powerhouse.

A Reuters report said; Altman announced that OpenAI aims to build about 30 gigawatts of computing capacity at an estimated cost of $1.4 trillion, with an ambitious long-term goal of adding 1 gigawatt every week. The plan, he said, reflects the enormous computing demand expected from the next generation of AI systems.