Oracle and OpenAI drop Texas data center expansion plan, Bloomberg News reports

Oracle and OpenAI have abandoned plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center in Texas after negotiations dragged ‌over financing and OpenAI's changing needs, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, ‌citing people familiar with the matter. In September, the companies had announced plans for an additional potential expansion of 600 megawatts near the flagship Stargate ‌site in Abilene, Texas. That capacity ⁠will now be fulfilled at one of the other data center campuses being built, a