Sam Altman says OpenAI's robotics program will be used to build data centers, and self-replicating data centers are "almost at hand." He explains the logic in a conversation with Collison: the demand for smart enough models at a low enough price "goes only in one direction", and you always want more computing power. So OpenAI created its own chip, which Altman says is incredibly good in terms of "intelligence per watt," meaning how much useful modeling work gets out of one watt, and learns to build its own data centers. When Collison mentions "real RSI," that is, recursive self-improvement, when AI itself conducts AI research, Altman replies that almost no one talks about self-replicating data centers: AI controls robots, robots run chip factories, assemble turbines and solar panels, and build new data centers. This is the boldest version of the bet on cheap computing: OpenAI wants to control the entire chain from the chip to the power plant. Altman isn't giving dates or prices, so this is just a plan for now. But if the goal of "a lot of very cheap computing" works at least halfway, the price of querying the models will drop. Before signing a multi-year contract for capacity at today's prices, the right to review the price must be included in it.