100 billion dollars for a data center with 5GW (nuclear) power consumption to

secure enough computing capacity to eventually power "self-improving AI" that won't rely on rapidly depleting human-generated data to train new models

OpenAI asked US to approve energy-guzzling 5GW data centers, report says
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/openai-asked-us-to-approve-energy-guzzling-5gw-data-centers-report-says/

Well, these guys know what they are up to.