--- title: "OpenAI and Oracle reportedly abandon TX Stargate expansion" url: https://daily.dev/posts/openai-and-oracle-reportedly-abandon-tx-stargate-expansion-jlbhsidcb source_url: https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/03/07/openai_oracle_dc/ type: article source: "The Register" published: 2026-03-07T00:56:31.230Z updated: 2026-03-12T16:03:42.108Z tags: ["openai", "nvidia", "oracle"] reading_time: 3 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # OpenAI and Oracle reportedly abandon TX Stargate expansion **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary OpenAI and Oracle have reportedly scrapped plans to expand their Stargate datacenter in Abilene, Texas from 1.2 gigawatts to 2 gigawatts, citing financing difficulties and OpenAI's inability to forecast demand. Nvidia has since put down a $150 million deposit on the unused capacity and is brokering a deal to bring Meta in as a tenant. The broader $300 billion Oracle-OpenAI compute contract remains on track, and Oracle is raising $50 billion in debt and equity to fund its datacenter ambitions. Meanwhile, Meta is aggressively pursuing GPU capacity with up to $135 billion in planned capex for 2026. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt](https://daily.dev/posts/oracle-is-building-yesterday-s-data-centers-with-tomorrow-s-debt-7fhzy8c0m) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#openai](https://daily.dev/tags/openai), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#oracle](https://daily.dev/tags/oracle) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/openai-and-oracle-reportedly-abandon-tx-stargate-expansion-jlbhsidcb)