OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project championed by President Donald Trump.

AI-infrastructure venture Stargate is nearing a decision on additional locations for data center campuses in Texas and is eyeing more projects in more than a dozen other U.S. states, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

Developers for Stargate, the $500B AI infrastructure project by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, will establish a natural gas plant in Abilene, Texas.

OpenAI is making big moves with its $100 billion Stargate project. Still, despite its massive price tag, the first data center planned for Abilene, Texas, is raising eyebrows about how few people it will employ once it's up and running.

Stargate's first data center campus, located in Abilene, will be about 875 acres, but only says it will create at least 57 jobs.

Stargate's first data center campus in Texas, a joint venture by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank, could cost an estimated $1.1 billion.

OpenAI is exploring the establishment of additional data centers in Texas and other states for its Stargate initiative. Bloomberg News reports that this expansion aims to support its growing infrastructure needs as the company continues to scale its operations and enhance service delivery.

Group Corp., and Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL). is nearing the final stages of selecting additional locations in Texas for data center campuses, according to Bloomberg News. The move is part of a wider plan by the companies to invest heavily in AI infrastructure.

Despite its massive scale, Stargate intends to employ “at least” 57 full-time employees earning an average wage of just $57,600 annually, according to documents seen by Bloomberg regarding the ambitious data center project.

Stargate, a venture by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, is planning additional data center campuses in Texas and 13 other states, aiming to invest $500 billion to advance US AI infrastructure and competitiveness.