OpenAI’s Mega AMD Deal: How a 6‑Gigawatt AI Chip Alliance Could Reshape the Arms Race
Background: Why OpenAI Needed More Silicon OpenAI’s mission to build artificial general intelligence (AGI) has become a capital‑intensive arms race. Training and running models like GPT‑5 or the video‑generating Sora require vast amounts of electricity and parallel compute. In March 2025, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman unveiled a plan for Stargate, a U.S.‑based supercomputer project initially expected to cost $100 billion and deliver one…