Analysis-OpenAI, under pressure to meet demand, widens scope of Stargate and eyes debt to finance chips

ABILENE, Texas/NEW YORK -At the White House this year, OpenAI outlined its lofty "Stargate" infrastructure project that would cost half a trillion dollars and be developed with partners including SoftBank and Oracle. Now, after some fits and starts, OpenAI executives say the joint venture is far more expansive than previously outlined and involves almost everything OpenAI does related to artificial intelligence chips and data centers. Stargate was initially conceived as a new company that would invest $500 billion in AI infrastructure.