What he said
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said the company will point its robotics programme at building data centres. Altman described self-replicating data centres, built with AI-controlled robots, as "within grasp".
Where he said it
The remarks came on Cheeky Pint, the podcast hosted by Stripe co-founder John Collison. The episode was released on Thursday and is available on YouTube, with a full transcript published by the podcast.
Why it matters
Data centres are one of the biggest bottlenecks in the AI race. Construction timelines, energy and hardware supply directly limit how large models can scale. Altman's comments suggest OpenAI is considering robotics and automation as a way around that constraint.
What remains unclear
This is a vision statement from a podcast interview, not a roadmap. Details such as which robots would be used, the timeline and the size of any investment are not included in the source.
