Published on 22 September 2025
The race for artificial intelligence has entered a new, supercharged era. OpenAI and NVIDIA have announced a strategic partnership to deploy a staggering 10 gigawatts of AI datacenters powered by next‑generation NVIDIA systems, with the first phase set to launch in 2026. This initiative, dubbed Project Prometheus, is a foundational infrastructure project of historic proportions.
Project Prometheus is more than a hardware deal; it is a co‑engineered effort to build the world’s most powerful AI supercomputing ecosystem. The infrastructure will revolve around NVIDIA’s upcoming Quantum‑X AI platform, designed for training “General Foundational Intelligence” (GFI) models that require computational power far beyond GPT‑4.
The 10‑gigawatt power budget—comparable to the energy consumption of a small country—reflects the immense resources needed to unlock the next frontier of AI reasoning, creativity, and problem‑solving capabilities.
Both companies believe that achieving Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) demands unprecedented computational scale. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman states, “To build truly transformational AI, we need to build a new class of supercomputer. Project Prometheus re‑imagines the full stack, from silicon to software, to power the next decade of AI innovation.”
NVIDIA will act as a core architectural partner, co‑developing custom networking fabric based on next‑generation InfiniBand and bespoke software libraries that accelerate OpenAI’s unique model architectures.
The initial 2‑gigawatt facility, slated for late 2026, will host a new generation of NVIDIA DGX SuperPODs built exclusively for Project Prometheus, ensuring every watt translates into maximum AI training performance.
The OpenAI‑NVIDIA alliance marks a landmark moment in the AI landscape, raising the barrier to entry for competitors and sparking essential conversations about energy consumption and technological centralization. It represents the boldest step yet toward building true AGI, constructing the digital cathedrals where the future of intelligence will be forged.
For a deeper dive into the technical specifications of Project Prometheus and the vision behind this partnership, read the full announcement here.