OpenAI Signs 20-Year, 10GW Ohio Data Center Deal — SkimNews
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- OpenAI signed a 20-year, 10GW data center agreement in Ohio with SoftBank's SB Energy, capping weeks of negotiations that the WSJ describes as the largest data-center project to date.
- Nvidia agreed to backstop a portion of the value of the completed data center, adding the chipmaker as a financial guarantor alongside SoftBank's energy arm for the Ohio campus.
Why it matters: The WSJ calls this its largest data-center project to date, and Nvidia putting its balance sheet behind a customer's lease lifts the AI buildout into territory where the chip supplier co-finances the datacenter. OpenAI secures 10GW of capacity on a 20-year horizon, while SB Energy gets Nvidia-backed demand to underwrite the Ohio build.
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