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OpenAI Charts $1.4 Trillion Data Center Buildout as XDream Robotics Lands Early Funding for Companion Robots

The moves signal a bid to sell compute through a new AI cloud, with a Shanghai startup preparing emotionally aware robots for testing and pre-sales.

Overview

  • Sam Altman said OpenAI is exploring selling compute directly to companies and individuals, pointing to potential competition with AWS, Azure and Google Cloud.
  • Business Insider, via IT之家, reported OpenAI aims to invest about $1.4 trillion over eight years to build its own data centers, presented as a multi-year plan rather than an active rollout.
  • OpenAI projected annual recurring revenue above $20 billion by the end of 2025 and outlined an ambition to reach several hundred billion dollars by 2030.
  • Business Insider suggested that renting out compute could help OpenAI recoup spending on AI chips, networking gear and large-scale facilities.
  • 36Kr reported XDream Robotics raised several tens of millions of RMB two months after its founding and targets Q1 testing, Q3 pre-sales and subsequent mass production for a companion robot that claims high emotional intelligence and weak-language interaction.