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OpenAI Lists Google as Cloud Partner Amid Growing Demand for Computing Capacity

UNITED STATES, JUL 16 – OpenAI expands its multi-cloud strategy by adding Google Cloud to meet soaring AI demand and reduce reliance on Microsoft, amid $12 billion in new infrastructure contracts.

  • OpenAI has officially added Google Cloud as a computing partner and will use its infrastructure to run ChatGPT across multiple global regions.
  • This shift toward Google follows ending Microsoft Azure's exclusive cloud service and stems from OpenAI's growing computing needs and prior lock-in with Microsoft.
  • OpenAI now employs a multi-cloud strategy including Microsoft, CoreWeave, Oracle, and Google to boost scalability and meet soaring AI demand.
  • In April, CEO Sam Altman publicly requested GPU capacity in 100k chunks to secure resources quickly, highlighting capacity constraints amid rapid AI growth.
  • The partnership with Google signals a competitive cloud market and a diversification effort that could reshape AI infrastructure dynamics globally.
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Faced with the explosive demand for GPU for its IA, OpenAI is opening up to Google Cloud. The exclusive Microsoft vacillates and the race for capacity increases through the diversification of suppliers.

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CNBC broke the news in United States on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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