Stargate's focus on building 50% or more of Oracle's computing infrastructure in the U.S. is directly connected to the 'diffusion rule,' which requires U.S.-headquartered cloud providers to build at least 50% of their advanced computing infrastructure domestically if they want to be 'universally validated end users' with permission to buy and deploy large quantities of chips elsewhere.
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Leonard HeimEvidence Quote
“the diffusion rule was saying hey if you're like a cloud provider an American cloud provider like Oracle you got to build 50% at least in the US”
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Week 1 of the Trump administration, AGI timelines, and DeepSeek— Center for Strategic & International StudiesCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:43:26 AM
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