Archive · 21 Jan 2026

OpenAI's Compute, Revenue Growth and Energy Plans

OpenAI's Compute, Revenue Growth and Energy Plans

OpenAI has seen a huge increase in its computing power and money made.

Over the last three years, their computing power grew 9.5 times, and their money made grew 10 times.

They now have deals with big companies like Nvidia and Cerebras to get even more computing power.

OpenAI's leader, Sarah Friar, says this growth is important for making better AI products and services.

They are also starting to test ads in ChatGPT, which is one way they might make more money.

OpenAI believes that more computing power will help them make even better AI things in the future.

Additionally, OpenAI has a new plan called Stargate to build AI data centres.

They want to make sure that building these centres doesn't make electricity more expensive for the people living nearby.

Each Stargate site will have its own plan based on what the local community wants and needs.

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