{"slug": "nvidia-invests-up-to-3b-to-support-openais-ohio-ai-campus", "title": "Nvidia invests up to $3B to support OpenAI’s Ohio AI campus", "summary": "Nvidia is negotiating a direct investment of up to $3 billion in SB Energy, the SoftBank subsidiary developing a 10-gigawatt AI data center campus in Pike County, Ohio, for OpenAI. The investment is split into two tranches: $1.5 billion upon signing and $1.5 billion tied to SB Energy's planned IPO, with total project costs potentially exceeding $500 billion. Nvidia's financial guarantees for OpenAI's leasing capacity have been reduced from roughly $250 billion to under $120 billion.", "body_md": "Via dwglogo.com\n\n# Nvidia invests up to $3B to support OpenAI’s Ohio AI campus\n\nThe chipmaker is backing SB Energy's massive data center project in Pike County, Ohio, with a deal structured around a potential IPO\n\nNvidia is putting serious money behind OpenAI’s vision for what could become one of the largest AI computing facilities ever built. The chipmaker is negotiating a direct investment of up to $3 billion in SB Energy, the SoftBank subsidiary developing a colossal data center campus in Pike County, Ohio.\n\nThe investment would be split into two tranches: $1.5 billion upon signing and another $1.5 billion tied to SB Energy’s planned IPO. If the full project materializes, total costs could surpass $500 billion.\n\n## A 10-gigawatt bet on AI’s future\n\nThe Ohio campus is designed to eventually reach 10 gigawatts of power capacity. SB Energy, operating under SoftBank’s umbrella, is leading the development. The site in Pike County was selected for its available land and existing power infrastructure.\n\nThe first phase of the campus is expected to come online around 2028.\n\nPrevious discussions between Nvidia and OpenAI had floated potential investments of up to $100 billion specifically tied to deploying 10 gigawatts of Nvidia’s AI systems. The current deal structure appears more targeted, focusing Nvidia’s capital on the energy and infrastructure side through SB Energy rather than on direct hardware deployment commitments.\n\n## The guarantee gets a haircut\n\nOne of the more interesting wrinkles in the negotiations involves Nvidia’s financial guarantees for OpenAI’s leasing capacity at the facility. Initial discussions had Nvidia on the hook for roughly $250 billion in guarantees. That number has since been reworked to under $120 billion.\n\nThe revised structure focuses primarily on helping OpenAI lease capacity at the facility.\n\n**Disclosure:** This article was edited by Editorial Team. For more information on how we create and review content, see our\n\n[Editorial Policy](https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-invests-up-to-3b-to-support-openais-ohio-ai-campus", "canonical_source": "https://cryptobriefing.com/nvidia-invests-billions-openai-ohio-ai-campus/", "published_at": "2026-08-17 12:47:05+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-17 13:12:45.486780+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Nvidia", "OpenAI", "SB Energy", "SoftBank", "Pike County, Ohio"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-invests-up-to-3b-to-support-openais-ohio-ai-campus", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-invests-up-to-3b-to-support-openais-ohio-ai-campus.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-invests-up-to-3b-to-support-openais-ohio-ai-campus.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/nvidia-invests-up-to-3b-to-support-openais-ohio-ai-campus.jsonld"}}