OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project championed by President Donald Trump.

OpenAI’s Stargate project has broadened its horizons as it looks beyond Texas and across the US for sites to build a network of data centers.

Trump called Stargate a “resounding declaration of confidence in America’s potential” under his new administration.