OpenAI Plans to Buy Google TPUs as It Expands AI Compute

OpenAI plans to buy Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), according to a report citing a person familiar with the matter. If completed, the purchase would broaden the options available to one of Nvidia’s largest AI-chip customers; price, quantity, timing and intended workloads remain undisclosed. The Information reported the plan on Oct. 27, and Bloomberg also reported that OpenAI intends to buy Google chips, citing a person familiar with the matter. Neither company has publicly confirmed a deal. The Information’s account and Bloomberg’s coverage did not provide purchase terms.