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OpenAI Plans Massive 5-Gigawatt Data Center in Abu Dhabi with G42
OpenAI is reportedly developing a 5-gigawatt data center campus in Abu Dhabi spanning 10 square miles, as part of its global Stargate project with G42, an Abu Dhabi-based tech conglomerate. The facility would be four times larger than OpenAI's 1.2-gigawatt Texas campus and has raised concerns among U.S. officials about potential technology transfer risks, despite G42's claims of divesting from Chinese interests.
Skynet Chance (+0.04%): This massive infrastructure investment significantly increases available AI compute, potentially enabling more powerful and less controllable AI systems that could outpace safety measures. The geopolitical dimension and involvement of foreign governments adds complexity to governance and oversight mechanisms.
Skynet Date (-3 days): The unprecedented scale of compute infrastructure (5 gigawatts, equivalent to five nuclear reactors) accelerates the timeline for developing more powerful AI systems by removing computational constraints. This represents a substantial acceleration in the race toward more capable AI with potentially fewer safety guardrails.
AGI Progress (+0.08%): This extraordinary scaling of compute resources directly addresses one of the primary bottlenecks to AGI development - raw computational power. The 5-gigawatt facility represents infrastructure specifically designed to enable training of increasingly capable and general AI systems at unprecedented scale.
AGI Date (-4 days): The development of data centers at this scale (four times larger than already significant existing projects) dramatically accelerates the timeline for AGI by enabling much larger training runs and more complex models. This infrastructure buildout removes one of the key practical limitations to AGI development speed.