{
  "id": 8865657,
  "title": "Oracle layoffs reach 'flagship' data center that it shows as proof OpenAI deal is fine",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/oracle-layoffs-reach-flagship-data-center-that-it-shows-as-proof",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-21T06:04:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/oracle-layoffs-reach-abilene-the-flagship-stargate-data-center-that-oracle-keeps-showing-as-proof-the-openai-deal-is-fine-employee-says-he-found-out-he-was-fired-when-/articleshow/134381483.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 14, Oracle announced layoffs at its flagship data center in Abilene, Texas, which the company has promoted as evidence of its successful partnership with OpenAI. An employee at Abilene, who had been with Oracle since February 2, discovered the termination email in his Slack account when his badge no longer worked. Other employees reported that Customer Hardware Support was also affected, with cuts in Abilene, Phoenix, and Ashburn. Abilene is seen as the flagship Stargate campus, with 200MW of operational capacity and an eight-building build running on schedule. However, OpenAI prefers newer Nvidia clusters and has decided not to expand its operations in Abilene. The facility is leased from Crusoe on a 15-year deal worth over $1 billion annually. Oracle does not own the property. Oracle employees lost access to Slack and VPN before the layoff email arrived. The company is offering four weeks of base salary plus one additional week per year of service. The cuts come at a time when Oracle has invested heavily in AI, reporting $28.5 billion in capital expenditure for Q1 2024, up from $8.5 billion the previous year.",
  "summary": "Oracle layoffs have reached Abilene, Texas, the flagship Stargate data center Oracle cites as proof its OpenAI deal is on track. One OCI employee said on r/employeesOfOracle that he learnt he was fired only when his badge failed at the gate. Oracle severance is four weeks' pay plus a week per year served. Slack counts fell by about 3,200 as US cuts hit OCI, Fusion, NetSuite and Oracle Health.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}