OpenAI unveiled a Stargate Community plan on ‍Tuesday, aimed at "paying its way on energy" and ensuring that ⁠its operations do not raise electricity costs for local communities. Stargate is a $500 billion, multi-year initiative to build AI data ‌centers for ‌training and inference, backed by major investors including Oracle. As energy access becomes a key constraint on AI growth, several tech companies are investing directly in power infrastructure to support larger and more numerous data ‌centers. Each Stargate ‍site will now have its own ‍locally tailored community plan, "driven by community input ‌and local concerns," OpenAI said. "Depending on the site, this can range from bringing new dedicated power and storage that the project fully funds, to adding and paying for new energy generation and transmission resources.

Source: Economic Times January 21, 2026 09:57 UTC