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OpenAI scales storage infrastructure to support over 1 billion ChatGPT users

OpenAI's disclosed infrastructure scaling milestone signals massive user base growth and corresponding data-center footprint expansion to serve AI application storage demands
Trade pressSlicast · September 24, 2026 at 09:44 UTC · US · Source: openai.com
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