Nvidia in Talks to Guarantee $250 Billion Financing for OpenAI's Ohio Data Center Project
Nvidia is reportedly in talks to provide approximately $250 billion in financing guarantees to support OpenAI's lease of a 10-gigawatt data center project being developed by SoftBank in southern Ohio. The total project cost, including Nvidia chips powering the facility, could exceed $500 billion, making it the largest data center initiative announced to date. The power supply is controlled by the U.S. government and funded separately by Japan under a recent trade agreement, with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick involved in access decisions. Nvidia's backing aims to improve financing terms for the project, while OpenAI seeks to control its own infrastructure rather than rely on cloud providers. Other AI companies like Anthropic, Microsoft, and Google have also expressed interest in the project. Some analysts have raised concerns about potential circular financing risks linked to Nvidia's aggressive AI investment strategy.
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thefinancialexpress broke this story on 27 Jul, 12:59 am. Other outlets followed.