But in the last couple days, reports from Bloomberg and the New York Times have provided more details about what OpenAI in particular is trying to get from the government: support

OpenAI has pitched the Biden administration on the need for massive data centers that could each use as much power as entire cities, framing the unprecedented expansion as necessary to develop more advanced artificial intelligence models and compete with China.

The question for today's data center developers is how they can select the right products for their projects to meet future demand.

The AI market leader wants the government's help to build AI processing facilities that burn up as much power as entire cities. The kicker to their pitch? 'Mr. President: It's what we need to beat China.

Bloomberg reviewed an OpenAI document outlining the plan, reporting that 5 gigawatts "is roughly the equivalent of five nuclear reactors" and warning that each data center will likely require "more energy than is used to power an entire city or about 3 million homes.

With 2.5 million Blackwell GPUs, would gobble enough energy to power millions of homes OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is reportedly trying to convince the Biden administration that an enormous network of AI datacenters,

OpenAI has pitched the Biden administration on the need to build massive data centers that consume as much power as a major city to handle more advanced artificial intelligence models as global competition rises,