Openai Partners With Broadcom for 10 Gigawatt AI Chip Development | AI News Digest
OpenAI has entered into a major partnership with Broadcom to create specialized AI chips and systems capable of producing 10 gigawatts of power—enough to supply a large city. This collaboration highlights the escalating energy requirements driven by the swift expansion of AI technologies, especially as OpenAI's ChatGPT reaches an impressive 800 million users each week. The rollout of these AI accelerators is expected to begin in the latter half of 2026. This development occurs against a backdrop of growing concerns about the environmental footprint of AI, with forecasts suggesting that data centers may represent up to 12% of the total electricity consumption in the U.S. by 2028. Through this strategic partnership, OpenAI aims to bolster its hardware capabilities, paving the way for more efficient processing in its AI applications, which include the newly unveiled Sora video generation tool.
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