Altman expects natural gas to dominate short-term U.S. baseload energy growth
Sam Altman · Sam Altman on Sora, Energy, and Building an AI Empire · Oct 8, 2025 · at 35:30
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman discusses short-term power infrastructure requirements with Ben Horowitz and Erik Torenberg on the a16z Podcast.
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“I expect in the short term it will be, most of the net new in the US U.S. Will be natural gas. Relative to at least base load energy.”
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