The initial data centers for the project are already under construction in Texas, Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison had said then. OpenAI is far along in the process of selecting multiple locations in Texas for massive data center projects to support AI services, a company spokesperson told Bloomberg.

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project championed by

Group Corp., and Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL). is nearing the final stages of selecting additional locations in Texas for data center campuses, according to Bloomberg News. The move is part of a wider plan by the companies to invest heavily in AI infrastructure.

Stargate's first data center campus, located in Abilene, will be about 875 acres, but only says it will create at least 57 jobs.