OpenAI Suspends UK Stargate Project

Odaily News OpenAI has suspended its Stargate infrastructure project in the UK, primarily due to high energy costs and regulatory uncertainty. The project, initially announced in September this year, planned to deploy up to 8,000 GPUs in collaboration with Nscale and Nvidia. It is currently on hold. An OpenAI spokesperson stated that the company is still evaluating the conditions for proceeding with the project and will move forward when the regulatory environment and energy costs are more suitable for long-term infrastructure investment.

Last month, OpenAI announced significant adjustments to its Stargate computing infrastructure project, abandoning plans to build its own data centers in favor of utilizing third-party cloud services like AWS and Google Cloud for computing power. The total projected computing expenditure by 2030 was revised down from $1.4 trillion to approximately $600 billion. (CNBC)