ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – Amid the dust and noise of a construction site in Abilene, Texas, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman shared a moment of awe during a recent conversation with comedian and podcaster Theo Von on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von. Altman described visiting a massive facility under construction in Abilene that could soon become the largest data center ever built—an approximately one-gigawatt project with 5,000 workers already on site.

“You stand in the middle of that and the scale of this project just hits you so big,” Altman said. “This thing is just standing up, making progress every day."

The facility, still under construction, symbolizes more than just technological ambition. To Altman, it represents a glimpse into the future—a world increasingly shaped by the physical infras

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