Artificial intelligence developer OpenAI on Thursday announced its list of 16 states, including Utah, that could potentially play host to nodes on a network of massive new data centers, the computing backbone for the privately funded $500 billion Stargate Project announced last month on President Donald Trump’s first full day in office.

OpenAI executives updated reporters on Thursday about the level of interest the company is seeing from states interested in building large data centers.

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, is reportedly scouting locations across the US to establish data centres for its Stargate project. The initiative, which is seen as crucial for the US to maintain a competitive edge in the global AI race,