LORDSTOWN, Ohio - An artificial intelligence research and development company, and its partners, have announced that they plan to complete construction next year of five new AI data centers across the country, including one in Lordstown.
OpenAI issued a media release on Tuesday outlining plans to transform the former General Motors assembly plant into a hub for AI infrastructure as part of a $500 billion national project.
Lordstown and the four other sites are part of the Stargate Project, a network of data centers being developed through a partnership between OpenAI and SoftBank.
The Lordstown data center is one of two new sites that can scale to 1.5 gigawatts over the next 18 months, with the other located in Milam County, Texas. OpenAI and its partners, which include Oracle, are bui