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OpenAI anchors a gigawatt datacenter in India as Meta funds politicians

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OpenAI is anchoring Tata's new HyperVault data center in India at up to a gigawatt while Meta spent $65 million backing AI-friendly politicians to clear permitting, and Efficient Computer raised $60 million for a chip targeting a trillion operations per watt.

Reported metric: 1 GW / $65M

Reporting date: 2026-02-19 (not necessarily the event date)

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OpenAI anchors a gigawatt datacenter in India as Meta funds politicians
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Reporting date: 2026-02-19
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-02-19-openai-anchors-a-gigawatt-in-india
Claim: OpenAI is anchoring Tata's new HyperVault data center in India at up to a gigawatt while Meta spent $65 million backing AI-friendly politicians to clear permitting, and Efficient Computer raised $60 million for a chip targeting a trillion operations per watt.
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