In Abilene, Texas, some 1,500 people are building the first data center for the Stargate artificial-intelligence venture led by OpenAI. Once it is completed, a lot fewer people will work there.

In January, President Trump was joined by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech executives to unveil the Stargate infrastructure project. Photo: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg News A Texas data center ...

Crusoe has raised a $750 million credit line from Brookfield Asset Management. The company is a key player in the $500 billion Stargate project, which includes a large data center campus in Texas.

Emily Chang speaks with developer Chase Lochmiller, chief executive officer of Crusoe, at the OpenAI Stargate project construction site in Abilene, Texas. Photographer: Bobby Scheidemann for ...

By 2030, OpenAI expects to get three-quarters of its data center capacity from Stargate, a project that’s expected to be heavily financed by SoftBank, one of OpenAI’s newest financial backers.

Technology giants OpenAI, Oracle, Nvidia and Cisco are joining forces to help build a sweeping artificial intelligence campus in the United Arab Emirates.