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March 24 (Reuters) - Microsoft has agreed to rent a data center project in Texas that was originally being developed for Oracle and OpenAI, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

As OpenAI gears up for a potential IPO, it's outlined a more tempered infrastructure strategy and has moved away from an ambitious agreement with Nvidia.

A top leader urged staff not to be distracted by “side quests” as the company plans a shift of resources to coding and enterprise businesses.

OpenAI has decided the “everything everywhere all at once” strategy isn’t ideal, after all. As we and others reported on Monday night, senior OpenAI executive Fidji Simo told staffers last week that the company needed to “refocus on business customers and cut down on side quests that were

In a document that resembles an IPO prospectus, OpenAI highlighted the risk of its dependence on Microsoft and of supply disruptions at TSMC.

Microsoft (MSFT) stock dropped 2.69% after securing a 700MW Texas data center lease previously abandoned by Oracle and OpenAI in Abilene facility deal.

The battle over what OpenAI owes the public.