OpenAI Invests $1.5 Billion in Rural Georgia Data Centre Campus

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OpenAI has announced a $1.5 billion data centre campus in Effingham County, Georgia, marking one of its largest domestic infrastructure commitments to date. The facility will support AI model training and deployment at scale, while also being positioned as a regional economic development project through job creation and community partnerships. Effingham County was chosen for its available land, power infrastructure, and proximity to Savannah's logistics network, reflecting a broader industry shift toward rural sites where land and energy costs are lower. The investment is believed to be part of OpenAI's wider Stargate initiative — a joint programme with SoftBank and Oracle targeting up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure, though OpenAI has not formally confirmed the link. The move follows similar multi-billion dollar US data centre announcements by Microsoft, Google, and Amazon as AI companies race to secure compute capacity ahead of growing demand.

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