This rebuttal follows recent reporting from Bloomberg and Reuters that said Oracle and OpenAI had abandoned plans to expand the Abilene site with an additional 600 megawatts of capacity after financing negotiations dragged on and OpenAI’s infrastructure needs shifted.
You may like OpenAI's massive Stargate data center canceled as firm can't reach terms with Oracle, operator struggles with reliability issues Stargate AI data centers for OpenAI reportedly delayed by squabbles between partners Oracle reportedly delays several new OpenAI data centers because of shortages The Abilene campus, developed by Crusoe, already includes eight data center buildings spanning roughly 1,000 acres, with Oracle operating the facilities as part of its Oracle Cloud Infrastructure footprint. Two buildings are currently running workloads while the remaining structures are still under construction.
The reported change relates specifically to a planned expansion near the existing campus rather than the main Stargate site itself. Sources cited by Reuters have reportedly said that the extra 600 MW originally discussed for Abilene would instead be fulfilled at other data center campuses tied to the broader Stargate rollout. Oracle and OpenAI announced an agreement in July to develop up to 4.5 gigawatts of additional AI data center capacity across multiple U.S. locations as demand for training and inference continues to surge.
In addition to Reuters reporting, Bloomberg claimed that Meta is evaluating the additional space originally earmarked for OpenAI, with Nvidia helping facilitate discussions to ensure its AI accelerators are used at the site rather than competing hardware from AMD.
Oracle post following our report Friday and other reports over the weekend. From our story: The Crusoe-developed Abilene campus is part of the Stargate project announced at the White House; the 1,000-acre site is under construction and partially operational, but Oracle and… https://t.co/2d9YJPKUDX March 9, 2026
Bloomberg’s Ed Ludlow, who co-authored the piece with Brody Ford and Dina Bass, also took to X.com to issue a correction shortly after Oracle’s rebuttal, stating that while Oracle and OpenAI “are not moving ahead with the planned expansion lease,” the separate agreement between the two to develop 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity for OpenAI “remains on track, with additional projects announced, including a site near Detroit.”
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