OpenAI and SoftBank Group partner with SB Energy
OpenAI says it and SoftBank Group each committed $500 million to SB Energy and that OpenAI selected SB Energy to build and operate a previously announced 1.2-gigawatt data-center site in Milam County, Texas.
Source metadata
- Publisher
- OpenAI
- Source type
- official record
- Verification
- verified
- Credibility tier
- direct statement
- Published
- Jan 9, 2026
- Captured / reviewed
- Aug 7, 2026
- Confidence
- high
- Content status
- verified
- Original host
- openai.com
Citation
OpenAI. "OpenAI and SoftBank Group partner with SB Energy." Published January 9, 2026. Accessed August 7, 2026. https://openai.com/index/stargate-sb-energy-partnership.
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Indexed topics
Ecosystem
OpenAI / Sam Altman Ecosystem
Repository-assigned topic
Infrastructure
OpenAI Infrastructure & Compute
Repository-assigned topic
Infrastructure subcluster
Stargate
Repository-assigned topic
Infrastructure subcluster
Data Centers
Repository-assigned topic
Infrastructure subcluster
Energy Infrastructure
Repository-assigned topic
Indexed entities
OpenAI
organizationRepository-assigned entity