OpenAI raises projected compute spending to about $750 billion by 2030
firstadopter · x · 2026-07-22
A WSJ report says OpenAI has raised its projected spending on computing power to around $750 billion through 2030, up from roughly $600 billion earlier this year.
The update underscores how aggressively the company is scaling its compute ambitions and how much capital it expects to commit to that effort over the rest of the decade.
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