OpenAI Receives $1.4 Trillion Data Center Commitment

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently published a lengthy article on the X platform, publicly clarifying the company’s financial data and development plans. He wrote, “We expect our annualized revenue to exceed $20 billion this year and grow to hundreds of billions of dollars by 2030. We have secured a data center construction commitment of approximately $1.4 trillion over the next 8 years

Almost every month in 2025, OpenAI will sign another data center agreement worth billions of dollars. Altman’s speech was mainly a response to the controversial remarks made by the company’s CFO regarding government guaranteed loans, which were quickly retracted.

Future business layout

Altman also listed multiple future business plans that he believes will generate significant revenue. He stated that OpenAI is about to launch an enterprise service product. Earlier this week, OpenAI announced that it has millions of enterprise customers.

He mentioned consumer devices and robotics business. In May of this year, OpenAI acquired Jony Ive’s io company, and it was reported that the two parties are working together to develop a handheld AI device.

Altman also listed scientific discovery as a future business direction. At present, little is known about this, only that Kevin Weil, Vice President of OpenAI, mentioned the newly launched “OpenAI for Science” project a few months ago.

AI Cloud Service Ambition

Altman also stated that OpenAI may become a cloud computing service provider: “We are exploring more direct ways to sell computing power to other companies and individuals; we are confident that the world will need a large amount of ‘AI cloud’ services, and we look forward to providing this service. “

For a company that does not yet have its own data center network, this is undoubtedly a bold idea.

Beyond income, Altman pointed out that companies may meet their funding needs through traditional means: selling more equity or taking on more loans. As OpenAI continues to expand its AI business, these financing options may become important avenues to support its ambitious expansion plans.