Svmuu reported that developers of the OpenAI Stargate data center are facing rising costs due to energy challenges, according to two sources familiar with the matter, as well as engineers and grid experts who received briefings, who stated the process is proving more difficult and expensive than anticipated. Crusoe, which is also a data center development partner for Oracle, is seeing the project's energy issues put significant pressure on operating costs. Currently, on a dry prairie in Abilene, Texas, Crusoe's hardware engineers are working overtime to coordinate natural gas turbines with one of the world's most expensive AI supercomputers, which is part of the OpenAI Stargate project. (The Information)