OpenAI Teams With Foxconn to Design AI Data Center Hardware

OpenAI is partnering with Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. to design and manufacture hardware for data centers, the latest move by the ChatGPT-maker to meet its surging need for infrastructure to support artificial intelligence systems.

Hon Hai, also known as Foxconn, will co-design and develop data center server racks with OpenAI, and work to ensure such racks can be manufactured across the US. Foxconn also plans to produce cabling, power systems and other key equipment for data center facilities in the country. The agreement with OpenAI does not include specific purchase commitments, the companies said.