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OpenAI's Bid for Compute Independence: Why It's Building Its Own AI Megafactories

OpenAI's Bid for Compute Independence: Why It's Building Its Own AI Megafactories

A Texas data center, operated by Crusoe for OpenAI, has just secured an additional $11.6 billion in funding, bringing the total committed to this single project to $15 billion. For OpenAI, this massive financial commitment isn’t just about scaling up; it’s a strategic move to reduce the
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