OpenAI to Invest More Than $30 Billion in New Georgia Data Center for ChatGPT

On July 22, 2026, OpenAI announced plans to invest more than $30 billion in a large new data center near the city of Savannah, Georgia, to expand the computing capacity behind ChatGPT and its other AI services as demand grows. Bloomberg Tech reported the news.

How much will it cost, and where is it being built?

OpenAI will put tens of billions of dollars into the project — more than $30 billion, according to Bloomberg Tech. The site is being developed near Savannah, a port city in eastern Georgia, and it is one of the largest infrastructure projects announced by the maker of ChatGPT.

Key project parameters:

• Amount — more than $30 billion (Bloomberg's wording is "tens of billions of dollars")
• Location — near Savannah, Georgia, USA
• Initiator — OpenAI, developer of ChatGPT
• Goal — meet growing demand for AI software
• Date of report — July 22, 2026, Bloomberg Tech

Why does OpenAI need this much capacity?

OpenAI is expanding its infrastructure to keep pace with demand for generative AI, which the company describes as growing rapidly. Training and running large language models takes tens of thousands of accelerators, gigawatts of electricity and industrial cooling systems — and leased cloud capacity no longer covers that growth.

Spending more than $30 billion on a single site means OpenAI is building for tomorrow's load, not today's. A data center at this scale is more than rows of servers. It also needs a grid connection, water supply for cooling and long-term power purchase contracts that run years ahead. Access to energy, not to chips, is increasingly the bottleneck for projects like this.

Part of the infrastructure race

The more than $30 billion Georgia investment fits into the broader race among AI companies for computing capacity. As demand for AI software grows, OpenAI and its competitors are putting unprecedented sums into data centers across the country. OpenAI has not yet disclosed the launch timeline, the design capacity in megawatts or the number of jobs the project will create.

OpenAI is spending tens of billions of dollars on a data center near

Savannah to keep up with rapidly growing demand for AI software. — according to Bloomberg Tech

What this means

The race for AI leadership is increasingly a race for physical infrastructure: chips, land, water and electricity. OpenAI's investment of more than $30 billion in a single data center near Savannah shows that the price of leadership is no longer measured only in model quality, but also in tens of billions of dollars spent on concrete, servers and power grids. For Georgia, this is potentially one of the largest private technology projects in the region, although the company has not yet detailed the impact on the local labor market and energy consumption.

Frequently asked questions

How much will OpenAI spend on the data center in Georgia?

According to Bloomberg Tech, OpenAI plans to invest more than $30 billion in the project — the original report speaks of "tens of billions of dollars" for the new data center near Savannah.

Where will OpenAI's new data center be located?

The facility is being developed near the city of Savannah in eastern Georgia (USA) — one of the company's largest infrastructure sites to date.