OpenAI says it will use Google's cloud for ChatGPT
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Having faced supply shortages, OpenAI will now be drawing on computing resources from CoreWeave, Google, Microsoft and Oracle.
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July 16, 2025
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Google's cloud division has a major new client
OpenAI will rely on Google Cloud Platform for ChatGPT and its application gramming interface in several countries
On the other hand, OpenAI will use the Google Cloud Platform, as well as Microsoft, CoreWeave and Oracle, given current economic conditions
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Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesOpenAI said Wednesday that it expects to use Google's cloud infrastructure for its ChatGPT artificial intelligence assistant
What the re reveals is reach for additional capacity aligns with OpenAI's desire for more computing power to meet heavy demand after initially relying exclusively on Microsoft for cloud capacity
The two companies' relations have evolved since then, with Microsoft naming OpenAI as a competitor last year
Furthermore, Both companies sell AI tools for developers and offer subscriptions to companies
OpenAI has added Google to a list of suppliers, specifying that ChatGPT and its application gramming interface will use the Google Cloud Platform, as well as Microsoft, CoreWeave and Oracle
The announcement amounts to a win for Google, whose cloud unit is younger and smaller than Amazon's and Microsoft's, in this volatile climate
Additionally, Google also has cloud with Anthropic, which was established by former OpenAI executives
What the re reveals is Google infrastructure will run in the U, in today's market environment. , Japan, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, amid market uncertainty
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In March, OpenAI committed to a cloud agreement with CoreWeave in a five-year deal worth nearly $12 billion (noteworthy indeed)
Microsoft said in January that it had agreed to move to a model of viding the right of first refusal anytime OpenAI needs more computing resources, rather than being its exclusive vendor across the board
Microsoft continues to hold the exclusive on OpenAI's gramming interfaces (something worth watching), in light of current trends
Sam Altman, OpenAI's co-founder and CEO, said in April that the startup, which draws on Nvidia graphics cessing units to power its large language models, was facing capacity constraints
In contrast, "if anyone has GPU capacity in 100k chunks we can get asap please call. " he wrote in an X post at the time
On the other hand, Conversely, Reuters reported in June that OpenAI was planning to bring on cloud capacity from Google
Furthermore, WATCH: ChatGPT's growth has been unassailed and looks set to continue: Altimeter's Apoorv Agrawalwatch now8:0008:00ChatGPT's growth has been unassailed and looks set to continue: AltimeterSquawk Box Europe (quite telling).
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