Oracle and OpenAI dropped plans to expand their flagship Stargate campus in Abilene, Texas, beyond its committed 1.2-gigawatt build earlier this month, after financing negotiations failed and winter weather disrupted parts of the liquid-cooling infrastructure.
Bloomberg initially reported on the decision on March 6, Reuters followed, and within hours, both outlets and the social accounts aggregating them had reduced a multi-factor infrastructure decision to a single word: “canceled.” Oracle posted a…

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