AI’s $100 Billion Stargate Venture Touted by Trump Will Tap Solar Power
- OpenAI, SoftBank and Oracle partner to boost AI infrastructure
- Stargate to use solar in era of Trump pushing fossil fuels
A $100 billion venture that President Donald Trump heralds as accelerating artificial intelligence in the US is expected to depend in part on power sources favored by his climate-focused predecessor — solar and batteries.
Trump unveiled the Stargate joint venture involving SoftBank Group Corp., OpenAI and Oracle Corp. on Tuesday. The companies will initially invest $100 billion to build US-based infrastructure including data centers for OpenAI. While company executives during the White House announcement outlined a goal for Stargate to deploy “at least” $500 billion down the road, they didn’t elaborate on what will power the infrastructure.