OpenAI's biggest data center secures $11.6 billion in funding, WSJ reports


The OpenAI logo, a keyboard, and robot hands are seen in this illustration taken January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

(Reuters) -A data center in Texas that startup Crusoe is building for OpenAI has secured $11.6 billion in funding to expand from two to eight buildings, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The data center — expected to be the ChatGPT parent's largest — will use up to 50,000 Nvidia Blackwell chips per building, according to the report.

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