OpenAI Stargate’s five-site expansion keeps the AI infrastructure race focused on executable gigawatts, while FERC’s June deadline on DOE’s large-load interconnection plan could define how data centers connect, pay, and navigate federal-state boundaries.

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OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank expand Stargate with five new AI data center sites — OpenAI
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Step Back — Stargate just named five more AI data-center sites — so how do we tell which of these are real, executable gigawatts versus land-banked options or narrative management? What documents or market signals should we trust most: interconnection status, utility tariffs, substation work, turbine orders, water permits, financing commitments, or something else?
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- What the Michigan Stargate site says about today’s AI market | Latitude Media — Scott Clavenna
- The Rise of the Private Grid - by Tara Tan — Tara Tan
- Stargate, the AI data center project, is operational in Abilene TX — Lana Ferguson
FERC Sets June Action on DOE’s Large Load Interconnection Plan Putting Federal-State Boundaries at the Center of What Comes Next - Law Offices of Snell & Wilmer — Law Offices of Snell & Wilmer
[Skip to Main Content](#content) * [Media](https://www.swlaw.com/media/) * [All Publications](https://www.swlaw.com/publications/) ## Publication # FERC Sets June Action on DOE’s Large Load Interconnection Plan Putting Federal-State Boundaries at the Center of What Comes Next Apr 21, 2026 By [Ryan J. Regula](https://www.swlaw.com/people/ryan_regula/) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission…

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