6,000 workers at one OpenAI site reveals staggering reality behind AI’s infrastructure boom
Jan 1, 2026
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by Noor Bazmi
for CryptoPolitan

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Six thousand workers arrive daily at an OpenAI construction site in West Texas. That’s more people than the company employs worldwide. Dust blankets the area. Rain turns the roads to mud, then the sun bakes them hard again. Sam Altman stood there in September watching it all. “This is what it takes to deliver AI,” […]



