OpenAI targets Argentina's freezing Patagonia for $25 billion 500MW Stargate AI data center — Green Capital and FlexDomes prep 120 to 3,000MW wind-powered server farms to skirt US backlash
- OpenAI is leading the race to “quietly” open a data center in the Patagonia region of Argentina
- Argentine energy giant Pampa Energia is in talks to develop a 500 megawatt data center site
- The Loma de la Lata thermal power plant would provide the data center’s electricity, burning gas from the nearby Vaca Muerta shale gas formation
OpenAI is among several cloud and AI computing companies looking at Argentina’s Patagonia region as a possible location for fuss-free, opposition-avoiding data centers. Supported by low temperatures to aid cooling, and a clean energy source, a suitable site is currently being explored, following OpenAI signing a letter of intent with Sur Energy in 2025.
The OpenAI-Sur Energy partnership appears to have sparked growing attention on Patagonia, where other major hyperscalers are also said to have shown interest -- these include Google and Apple.
Widespread opposition to data centers in the UShave...
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