OpenAI teams up with Foxconn to build hardware for AI data centres

OpenAI is partnering with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. (Foxconn) to design and manufacture hardware for AI data centres, amid a grow need for AI infrastructure globally.

Foxconn will co-design and develop data centre server racks with OpenAI, and work to ensure such racks can be manufactured across the US. Foxconn also plans to produce cabling, power systems and other key equipment for data center facilities in the country. The agreement with OpenAI does not include specific purchase commitments, the companies said.