Sam Altman says OpenAI has $20B ARR and about $1.4 trillion in data center commitments

Rarely has a month gone by in 2025 without OpenAI signing another multi-billion dollar data center deal. In one long post on X On Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman publicly announced the totals.

“We expect to exceed $20 billion in annualized revenue this year and grow to hundreds of billions by 2030. We are looking at commitments of approximately $1.4 trillion over the next eight years.” he wrote.

While the post was largely a response to the furor over comments his CFO made, and quickly backtracked, about government-backed loans, Altman also listed a number of future business plans that he believes will generate significant revenue.

He said OpenAI has an upcoming enterprise offering. Earlier this week, OpenAI said it already had a million business customers.

He mentioned consumer appliances and robotics. In May, OpenAI acquired Jony Ive’s io and they are reportedly working on a palm-sized AI device.

Altman mentioned scientific discovery as an emerging business. Not much is known about it yet, other than OpenAI VP Kevin Weil mentioned a recently launched OpenAI for Science several months ago.

Altman also said that OpenAI could become a cloud computing provider: “We’re also looking at ways to sell computing power more directly to other companies (and people); we’re pretty sure the world is going to need a lot of ‘AI cloud,’ and we’re excited to offer it.”

That’s a bold idea for a company that does not yet have its own network of data centers.

In addition to revenue, Altman noted that the company can also pay for its needs the old-fashioned way: selling more stock or taking out more loans.