OpenAI inks a multi-year deal with AMD

ChatGPT's parent company, OpenAI , has announced a multi-year strategic partnership with hardware company AMD to deploy 6 gigawatts of AMD GPUs in its data centres, starting with a 1-gigawatt rollout of the MI450 series in the second half of 2026. According to OpenAI, "AMD’s strong leadership in high-performance computing systems and OpenAI's pioneering research and advancements in generative AI place the two companies at the forefront of this important and pivotal time for AI." As part of an agreement between the two companies, OpenAI has teamed up with AMD as a key technology partner. This partnership will focus on using AMD’s powerful hardware, starting with the AMD Instinct MI450 series and rack-scale AI solutions, and will continue to include future AMD technologies. Additio