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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Warns of "Unsustainable Silliness" in Compute Buildout

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Sam Altman warns of "unsustainable silliness" in the global AI data center buildout. Too many Neocloud providers are announcing massive capacity without the customers to back it up. He also admits that falling computing costs could turn today's billion-dollar projects into bad bets, even for OpenAI. The article OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns of "unsustainable silliness" in compute buildout appeared first on The Decoder.
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Sam Altman argues that part of the infrastructure boom for artificial intelligence is losing contact with real demand, while OpenAI defends its own expansion and admits that technological efficiency could change the sector's accounts.

Sam Altman warns of "unsustainable nonsense" in the global expansion of AI data centers. Many neocloud providers announced huge capacities without having customers. At the same time, he admits that falling computing costs due to technical progress could make billions of today's projects a misinvestment, including for OpenAI. The article OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns of "unsustainable nonsense" in computing expansion first appeared on The Decoder.

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the-decoder.de broke the news in Germany on Thursday, September 3, 2026.
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