OpenAI Halts Premium Tier Amid Astra Compute Surge, Reveals Supply Constraints Through 2029
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OpenAI suspended new sign-ups for its $200-per-month ChatGPT Pro plan on September 11, 2026, citing unprecedented demand for Astra, a newly launched model with computer-control capabilities that has strained the company's infrastructure beyond current capacity. The pause marks a critical inflection point in AI development: despite expanding compute resources nearly tenfold since 2023, OpenAI—and the broader AI industry—faces a structural shortage of silicon, power, and data center capacity that Bank of America estimates will persist through 2029.
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