OpenAI will dominate global AI data-center capacity by 2027 — centralization of compute power that parallels monopolistic utilities of the early industrial age.

OpenAI will dominate global AI data-center capacity by 2027 — centralization of compute power that parallels monopolistic utilities of the early industrial age. | Stargate deployment milestones; OpenAI IPO or equivalent capital events

Key catalyst: Stargate deployment milestones; OpenAI IPO or equivalent capital events

Watch events: OpenAI vs. competitor GW footprint; Stargate Phase 1 completion; Microsoft Azure/OpenAI DC split

OpenAI $1.4T committed / 30 GW (Oct 2025) — plausibly represents ~25-40% of global frontier AI DC capacity by 2027.

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