{"slug": "openai-wants-its-biggest-data-center-yet-and-nvidia-would-back-the-bill", "title": "OpenAI wants its biggest data center yet, and Nvidia would back the bill", "summary": "OpenAI is negotiating to lease a planned 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio, with Nvidia potentially serving as a financial guarantor for the project. The site, developed by SoftBank-owned SB Energy on federal land in southern Ohio, could cost at least $500 billion at full buildout and represents OpenAI's largest infrastructure commitment to date. The first 800-megawatt phase is expected by 2028, though negotiations remain ongoing and plans could change.", "body_md": "# OpenAI wants its biggest data center yet, and Nvidia would back the bill\n\n**OpenAI is negotiating to lease a planned 10-gigawatt data center in Ohio that could be financially backed by Nvidia, according to The Information.** Two people with direct knowledge of the talks shared the details. The site is being built on federal land in southern Ohio and developed by SB Energy, which is majority-owned by OpenAI investor SoftBank.\n\nAt full buildout, costs would reach at least $500 billion. OpenAI would sign a 20-year lease, its largest infrastructure commitment to date. Nvidia would serve as guarantor for both the lease and project financing, backing the payments with its balance sheet. That kind of financial guarantee would be new territory for the chipmaker at this scale. The project echoes the [Stargate initiative](https://the-decoder.com/stargates-500-billion-ai-infrastructure-project-reportedly-stalls-over-unresolved-disputes-between-openai-oracle-and-softbank/) announced at the White House in January 2025 with Oracle and SoftBank, which ultimately made little progress. The first phase at 800 megawatts is expected by 2028.\n\nThe site previously housed a uranium enrichment facility in Pike County. Negotiations are still ongoing, and plans could change. On Monday, OpenAI [confidentially filed paperwork for an IPO](https://the-decoder.com/openai-says-going-public-is-a-complicated-set-of-tradeoffs-and-is-unsure-about-the-timing/).\n\n```\nAI News Without the Hype – Curated by Humans\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to THE DECODER for ad-free reading, a weekly AI newsletter, our exclusive \"AI Radar\" frontier report six times a year, full archive access, and access to our comment section.\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe now\n```\n\n[The Information](https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-talks-lease-10-gigawatt-ohio-data-center-backing-nvidia)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-wants-its-biggest-data-center-yet-and-nvidia-would-back-the-bill", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/openai-wants-its-biggest-data-center-yet-and-nvidia-would-back-the-bill/", "published_at": "2026-06-10 13:59:48+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-11 18:22:36.185657+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "ai-chips", "ai-startups"], "entities": ["OpenAI", "Nvidia", "Ohio", "SB Energy", "SoftBank", "The Information", "Stargate", "Oracle"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-wants-its-biggest-data-center-yet-and-nvidia-would-back-the-bill", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-wants-its-biggest-data-center-yet-and-nvidia-would-back-the-bill.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-wants-its-biggest-data-center-yet-and-nvidia-would-back-the-bill.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/openai-wants-its-biggest-data-center-yet-and-nvidia-would-back-the-bill.jsonld"}}