Oracle and OpenAI Scrap 600MW Stargate Expansion as Nvidia Swoops In With $150M Deposit to Secure Capacity
Nvidia pays a $150 million deposit to seize 600MW of data center capacity in Abilene, Texas after Oracle and OpenAI scrap a planned Stargate expansion following failed financing negotiations and weather-related infrastructure setbacks, with Nvidia reportedly eyeing Meta as a tenant to keep the site exclusively running its own silicon.