"Stargate is a massive $500 billion investment for OpenAI that the company explains will support "the re-industrialization of the United States." Bleeker discussed his visit to Abilene, Texas during a recent episode of the podcast, and said the workers on the project actually call it "Project Ludicrous" because it is being built at a scale and speed unlike anything they have experienced."
"The site spans 11,000 acres, requiring 10,000 workers and an unending flow of heavy equipment just to maintain construction progress. When complete, the Abilene facility will deliver 1.2 gigawatts of capacity - roughly a quarter of what took decades to build in Northern Virginia."
"Bleeker stresses that what is taking place in Abilene is only one of many similar developments underway, and compares the rise of data centers to what the world saw taking place at the start of the Industrial Revolution. Smith reinforces just how staggering the scale is, noting that each center requires thousands of miles of cabling, intricate cooling systems, and vast racks of hardware that make the physical demands difficult to comprehend without seeing them. That is a key reason why so many investment opportunities exist."
OpenAI and Oracle are building Stargate, a $500 billion data center complex outside Abilene, Texas, intended to support the re-industrialization of the United States. Workers call the project "Project Ludicrous" because of its unprecedented scale and speed. The site spans 11,000 acres, requires about 10,000 workers and constant heavy equipment to sustain construction. When complete, the facility will deliver 1.2 gigawatts of capacity, roughly a quarter of what took decades to build in Northern Virginia. Multiple similar developments are underway, requiring thousands of miles of cabling, intricate cooling systems, and vast racks of hardware, creating wide investment opportunities.
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