India, Nov. 6 -- ChatGPT creator OpenAI, the world's largest private company, is asking the US government to provide loan guarantees for its massive infrastructure expansion that will eventually cost more than $1 trillion.

Speaking at a Wall Street Journal business conference, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar explained that government backing could help attract the enormous investment needed for AI computing and infrastructure, given the uncertain lifespan of AI data centres.

"This is where we're looking for an ecosystem of banks, private equity, maybe even governmental," Friar said.

Federal loan guarantees would "really drop the cost of the financing," she explained, enabling OpenAI and its investors to borrow more money at lower rates to meet ...