OpenAI Signs 20-Year, 10GW Ohio Data Center Deal
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- OpenAI signed a 20-year, 10GW data-center deal in Ohio with SoftBank's SB Energy, capping weeks of negotiations over what the source calls the largest data-center project.
- Nvidia agreed to backstop a portion of the value of the completed data center, adding a financial guarantee role alongside its chip supply relationship with OpenAI.
Why it matters: At 10 gigawatts, this single Ohio campus dwarfs typical hyperscale builds and locks OpenAI into two decades of power and compute capacity, while Nvidia's backstop signals chip vendors are now absorbing balance-sheet risk on AI infrastructure — not just selling silicon.
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