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Why OpenAI’s Data Center Plan Hinges on a Little-Known Startup

Crusoe's Bill Stein and Chase Lochmiller. Photos via Getty and Crusoe.
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Anissa Gardizy

The artificial intelligence race is lifting previously unknown data center startups that say they can move faster than bigger developers.

The latest is Crusoe, which on Tuesday announced a deal to borrow $3.4 billion to develop a data center that could eventually become one of the largest in the world. Oracle, a cloud provider, will lease the site and rent servers with Nvidia's artificial intelligence chips to OpenAI, The Information has reported.