17 Mar 2026 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CDT
Justin Haan will be joined by OpenAI's Head of Infrastructure Business Development, Matthew Castle, VP Strategy and Operations – Infrastructure, Peter Hoeschele, and Compute Delivery Lead, Kaylen Bushell, CRL for a panel session at SXSW.
In this session, OpenAI pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to scale AI today. The conversation explores how data center development has become mission-critical, how decisions about where to build are made, and what happens when AI growth collides with real-world limits such as energy, land, and supply chains.
From energy partnerships to site selection, this conversation will reveal how data center development has shaped the landscape in nearby locations – such as OpenAI’s Stargate facility in Abilene, Texas – and perhaps someday far away in Earth’s orbit.
Justin H. HaanChair of Technology Transactions Practice