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Nvidia backs OpenAI's Ohio data center with $105B guarantee

Nvidia has agreed to provide a significant financial guarantee of up to $105 billion to support OpenAI's lease of a large data center in Ohio. This deal, which also includes Nvidia investing $1.5 billion in the data center developer SB Energy, highlights the increasing integration of chip supply, power, and data center infrastructure to meet the escalating demand for AI. The facility in Pike County, Ohio, is slated to have a capacity of up to 8 gigawatts, with the first phase expected online in 2028, and Nvidia will be the exclusive chip provider. AI

IMPACT Accelerates AI infrastructure build-out by securing long-term compute capacity for OpenAI.

RANK_REASON This is a significant infrastructure financing deal involving major AI players.

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Nvidia backs OpenAI's Ohio data center with $105B guarantee

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · Reuters ·

    Nvidia to provide up to US$105 billion guarantee for OpenAI’s Ohio data centre

    Nvidia has agreed to ⁠guarantee as much as US$105 billion ⁠in lease payments to help ⁠OpenAI secure a sprawling data centre in Ohio being developed by SoftBank-backed SB Energy, in one of the chipmaker’s largest infrastructure financing commitments. The chip giant will also inves…

  2. The Decoder TIER_1 English(EN) · Maximilian Schreiner ·

    OpenAI signs record Ohio data center lease with Nvidia backing up to $105 billion

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  3. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    📰 OpenAI Announces Massive Data Center In Ohio With $105 Billion Nvidia Guarantee OpenAI has signed a 10-year lease for an enormous Ohio data center that will e

    📰 OpenAI Announces Massive Data Center In Ohio With $105 Billion Nvidia Guarantee OpenAI has signed a 10-year lease for an enormous Ohio data center that will eventually provide 8 gigawatts of computing capacity and require at least 10 gigawatts of new power generation. Accordin.…