Sam Altman wants OpenAI robots to build data centers for AI's own expansion
VraserX · x · 2026-10-29
Sam Altman says he wants OpenAI's robots to build data centers—AI constructing the infrastructure needed to scale AI itself. If it works, compute expansion could enter a self-accelerating loop, a concrete step in Altman's long-running agents-plus-robotics-plus-energy narrative.
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