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OpenAI to buy compute capacity from Cerebras in latest AI deal

By Thomson Reuters Jan 14, 2026 | 2:09 PM

Jan 14 (Reuters) – OpenAI said on Wednesday it has agreed to ‍purchase up to 750 megawatts of computing power over three years from Cerebras as the ‌ChatGPT maker looks ‌to pull ahead in the AI race and capitalize on growing demand.

The deal is worth ​more than $10 billion, the Wall Street ‍Journal reported, ​citing people familiar ​with the matter.

The ChatGPT ‍maker plans to use the systems built by Cerebras to power its popular chatbot in ‍what is the latest in a string of multi-billion dollar ‍deals ‍struck by OpenAI.

The ​capacity will come ​online ⁠in multiple tranches ‌through 2028, OpenAI said in post on its website.

(Reporting by Zaheer Kachwala in Bengaluru; Editing by Alan ⁠Barona)