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OpenAI, Sur Energy Weigh $25 Billion Argentina Data Center Project

(Friday October 10, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD) from the global-expansion dept.)


OpenAI and Sur Energy have signed a letter of intent to [1]build a $25 billion, 500-megawatt data center in Argentina , marking OpenAI's first major infrastructure project in Latin America. The "Stargate Argentina" initiative is backed by Argentina's RIGI tax incentives and positioned as "one of the largest technology and energy infrastructure initiatives" in the nation's history.

"We are proud to announce plans to launch Stargate Argentina, an exciting new infrastructure project in partnership with one of the country's leading energy companies, Sur Energy," OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said on social media. Altman added that the region was "full of talent, creativity and ambition."



[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/openai-sur-energy-weigh-25-billion-argentina-data-center-project-2025-10-10/


Isn't Trump going to give Argentina (Score:3)

by ndsurvivor ( 891239 )

something like 20 Billion dollars anyway? as part of his "Make Argentina Great" project so their soybean farmers can sell at cost to the Chinese?

Let's guess... (Score:2)

by greytree ( 7124971 )

Let's guess: Sur energy are also investing in "Open" AI ?

Give it six months and it's all meaningless monopoly money.

Sell AI now - buy NFTs if you want something less risky.

The "Stargate Argentina" initiative. Hmm ... (Score:3)

by fahrbot-bot ( 874524 )

> OpenAI, Sur Energy Weigh $25 Billion Argentina Data Center Project

Interesting. Anything to do with [1]Trump boosts Argentina's Milei with $20 billion lifeline [reuters.com]? Just asking as OpenAI CEO and co-founder Sam Altman apparently donated (at least) $1 million to Trump's re-election campaign and there's also [2]OpenAI's Sam Altman Flip Flops On Trump After $500 Billion Stargate AI Project [yahoo.com].

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/us-purchased-argentine-pesos-after-top-finance-officials-meeting-bessent-says-2025-10-09/

[2] https://finance.yahoo.com/news/openais-sam-altman-flip-flops-193013167.html

The vulcan-death-grip ping has been applied.