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 President Donald Trump.

The first data center complex has been underway since last year, a Crusoe site on Lancium's campus, fully leased by Oracle for OpenAI. The companies have talked about 10-20 data centers at the Abilene, Texas, location, but the exact scope and timeline remains unclear.

OpenAI is scouting Oregon and 15 other states as it prepares 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 President Donald Trump.