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We’re developing Project Camellia, a long-term AI infrastructure project in Effingham County, Georgia. There is significant work ahead. Here is the approach guiding that work: - Georgia families will not subsidize this project. OpenAI will pay all infrastructure and electric-service costs; Georgia PSC rules prohibit passing them to existing ratepayers. It will also be one of the first data centers designed to proactively reduce demand during grid stress. - The project is being designed with closed-loop cooling that recirculates water, similar to a car radiator. Once fully built, ongoing water use is expected to be comparable to a similar size office building. - The project is expected to create thousands of construction and permanent on-site jobs, generate hundreds of millions of dollars in state and local tax revenue, and prioritize local contractors and businesses. - OpenAI will provide $80 million in community benefits over the life of the project, shaped by local priorities, plus up to $71 million in Codex credits for eligible Georgia college, community college, and technical school students. - We’ve been meeting with state and local officials, community leaders, schools, and regional partners. A public open house this week and continued conversations will help shape how we benefit the community. An annual independent public audit will help hold the project accountable. https://openai.com/index/building-ai-infrastructure-with-the-effingham-county-community/
Ruh-roh for certain companies "The project represents the first site in which OpenAI is the lead designer and developer. At its other sites, OpenAI rents chips from cloud providers such as Oracle and Amazon Web Services."
👀 WSJ: OpenAI "said Wednesday it would invest $20 billion to kick off a data center called Project Camellia, in Effingham County, Ga. Sachin Katti, OpenAI’s vice president of compute strategy, said the company has contracted with utility Georgia Power to receive 3.2 gigawatts of power between 2028 and 2032. The project represents the first site in which OpenAI is the lead designer and developer. At its other sites, OpenAI rents chips from cloud providers such as Oracle and Amazon Web Services."
Bloomberg's take on OpenAI infra spend is different than WSJ. Much more nuanced. "The startup is currently looking for partners to help finance and develop the data center, Katti said, and may opt to do some of the operation itself." "OpenAI plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on a massive new data center near Savannah, Georgia as part of the ChatGPT maker’s push to keep up with surging demand for artificial intelligence software. The startup has contracted with Georgia Power Co. and secured 3.2 gigawatts of energy for the data center complex in Effingham County, potentially setting the facility up to rank among OpenAI’s largest to date. Several hundred megawatts are expected to come online starting in 2028, with the rest of development extending through 2032. A single gigawatt is enough to power about 750,000 US homes at any given time."