OpenAI pulls back from Stargate Norway data center deal as Microsoft takes over

OpenAI has withdrawn from a deal to rent computing capacity directly from a Norwegian data center facility called Stargate Norway, with Microsoft taking over the capacity instead. OpenAI will now rent computing power from Microsoft instead, which the company says makes more financial sense since it already has a $250 billion contract with Microsoft's cloud service Azure (a cloud computing platform). This pullback is part of OpenAI's broader shift to manage spending expectations as it prepares for a potential public stock offering.