OpenAI is partnering with Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, to design and build artificial intelligence data center components in the U.S., the AI startup's latest announcement tied to its massive infrastructure development plans.

While no financial terms were disclosed, OpenAI said in Thursday's announcement that it will have early access to evaluate the systems Foxconn produces, and the option to purchase them. The companies said the goal is to accelerate the deployment of infrastructure while securing long-term U.S. capacity.

Under the agreement, OpenAI and Foxconn will co-develop multiple generations of AI servers in parallel, while manufacturing core components like power, networking, and cooling systems at Foxconn's U.S. facilities. The comp

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