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>>tedsan+(OP)
You have to keep in mind Microsoft is planning on spending almost 100B in datacenter capex this year and they're not alone. This is basically OpenAI matching the major cloud provider's spending.

This could also be (at least partly) a reaction to Microsoft threatening to pull OpenAI's cloud credits last year. OpenAI wants to maintain independence and with compute accounting for 25–50% of their expenses (currently) [2], this strategy may actually be prudent.

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/03/microsoft-expects-to-spend-8...

[2] https://youtu.be/7EH0VjM3dTk?si=hZe0Og6BjqLxbVav&t=1077

>>serjes+ja
Serious question - why Texas???

>>Secret+Wm
Probably for the same reason that Silcon Valley has been moving there slowly and quietly for a while now.

>>hrfist+fO
Because rich people inevitably don't like taxes? And maybe forest fires?

>>Secret+Fz1
because california is not a very permissive landscape and believes there should be a community-involved process with veto for essentially every large private action

>>whimsi+A42
This was a very long winded way to spell money

>>Secret+Y52
i’m curious, do you feel that you are contributing to the discussion?