Sam Altman: All may not be well between Sam Altman’s OpenAI and its Stargate partners Oracle and SoftBank – The Times of India

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By TOI Tech Desk
Publication Date: 2026-02-26 10:39:00

OpenAI’s ambitious $500 billion Stargate data center project is facing significant setbacks, including delayed timelines and funding issues. Originally planned as a historic AI infrastructure initiative, the project has now become a cautionary tale. Disagreements over control and ownership have marred the project, leading to bilateral agreements bypassing the joint venture and creating financial strain for partners such as Oracle.

OpenAIThe $500 billion Stargate data center project, announced with great fanfare at the White House in January 2025, has quietly devolved into a mess of stalled schedules, funding problems and partners unable to agree on who is in charge. What was supposed to be the largest AI infrastructure project in history is now turning out to be a cautionary tale.More than a year after the US presidential election Donald Trump stood next to it Sam AltmanMasayoshi Son and Larry Ellison on the unveiling of Stargate, the joint venture does not yet have enough staff, has not laid the foundation for a single facility and…