# Nvidia in talks with OpenAI to guarantee $250 bil. financing for data center, WSJ reports > Source: > Published: 2026-07-27 00:22:03+00:00 Nvidia is in talks to provide a roughly $250 billion backstop for OpenAI as part of a massive data center project, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The guarantees from Nvidia would help the ChatGPT maker lease a 10-gigawatt project that SoftBank’s energy subsidiary is developing in southern Ohio, the newspaper said citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report.