LONDON, March 20 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Stargate, the $500 billion data-centre project, opens new tab led by OpenAI and SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab, is named after science fiction.

A decade before the MCU redefined Thor and the Asgardians, Stargate SG-1 ran with the idea of Thor and the Norse Gods as being aliens, and in the context of the sci-fi franchise, it worked.