{"slug": "openai-signs-record-ohio-data-center-lease-with-nvidia-backing-up-to-105-billion", "title": "OpenAI signs record Ohio data center lease with Nvidia backing up to $105 billion", "summary": "OpenAI has signed a 20-year lease for an 8-gigawatt data center in Ohio, with Nvidia guaranteeing up to $105 billion for the residual value of the facilities and becoming the exclusive chip supplier. According to the Wall Street Journal, nine tech companies now hold around $3 trillion in AI commitments that don't appear on any balance sheet.", "body_md": "OpenAI has signed a 20-year lease for an 8-gigawatt data center in Ohio. Nvidia is guaranteeing up to $105 billion for the residual value of the facilities and becomes the exclusive chip supplier. According to the Wall Street Journal, nine tech companies now hold around $3 trillion in AI commitments that don't appear on any balance sheet.\n\nThe article [OpenAI signs record Ohio data center lease with Nvidia backing up to $105 billion](https://the-decoder.com/openai-signs-record-ohio-data-center-lease-with-nvidia-backing-up-to-105-billion/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-signs-record-ohio-data-center-lease-with-nvidia-backing-up-to-105-billion", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openai-signs-record-ohio-data-center-lease-with-nvidia-backing-up-to-105-billion/", "published_at": "2026-08-17 14:13:26+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-17 14:44:11.098114+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Nvidia", "Ohio", "Wall Street Journal"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-signs-record-ohio-data-center-lease-with-nvidia-backing-up-to-105-billion", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-signs-record-ohio-data-center-lease-with-nvidia-backing-up-to-105-billion.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-signs-record-ohio-data-center-lease-with-nvidia-backing-up-to-105-billion.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-signs-record-ohio-data-center-lease-with-nvidia-backing-up-to-105-billion.jsonld"}}