OpenAI executives updated reporters on Thursday about the level of interest the company is seeing from states interested in building large data centers.

OpenAI is scouring the U.S. for sites to build a network of huge data centers to power its artificial intelligence technology, expanding beyond a flagship Texas location and looking across 16 states to accelerate the Stargate project championed by

OpenAI already has a Stargate data center under construction in Texas. The full list of states now under consideration for additional data centers are: Arizona, California, Florida, Louisiana, Maryland, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and West Virginia.