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OpenAI commits to 10GW, 20-year Ohio data center with SB Energy; Nvidia backstops completed facility value
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OpenAI signed a 20-year agreement with SoftBank's SB Energy for a 10GW data center in Ohio, with Nvidia agreeing to guarantee a portion of the completed facility's value.
The 10GW scale and 20-year duration represent a massive infrastructure commitment by a single AI company, indicating the compute demands driving long-term capacity planning. Nvidia's backstop arrangement ties the chipmaker to the project's success beyond hardware sales, creating a deeper financial relationship between GPU vendors and their largest customers.
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OpenAI signed a 20-year, 10GW data center deal in Ohio with SoftBank's SB Energy.
Nvidia agreed to backstop a portion of the completed data center's value.
The agreement followed weeks of negotiations over what is described as the largest data-center project.
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