OpenAI projections point to a massive $278 billion cash burn through 2030 that exceeds the national budgets of Indonesia and Norway — $856 billion compute tab outpaces tenfold revenue surge

OpenAI expects to spend $278 billion more money than it generates between 2026 and 2030 due to aggressive spending on compute capacity and adjacent infrastructure, according to a recent presentation seen by the Financial Times. While the company projects nearly 10X revenue growth over the four-year period, the AI developer expects its spending on production capacity and supporting infrastructure to exceed its earnings by over a quarter of a trillion dollars.Get Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.