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OpenAI is reportedly in talks to lease a data center campus with a planned capacity of 10 gigawatts on federal land in Ohio, in a deal that could include financial support from Nvidia
NVDA.O, The Information reported Tuesday, citing two people with direct knowledge of the discussions.
Here are some details:
* Building the campus could cost at least $500 billion, depending on current prices for chips, labor, electricity and other inputs, the report said.
* OpenAI would control the site’s equipment under a 20-year lease, with payments to begin upon launch of operations; the first phase is planned for 2028, the report adds.
* The site, one of the largest of its kind, would be developed by SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank 9984.T, on land owned by the Department of Energy in southern Ohio.
* According to the report, Nvidia is expected to provide the site’s computer hardware and provide a financial guarantee for OpenAI’s lease and SB Energy’s financing.
*Reuters could not immediately verify this information. OpenAI and Nvidia did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment outside of regular business hours.
* Earlier this year, Chat maker GPT suspended its “Stargate†data center project in the UK, citing regulatory hurdles and high energy costs.
* Separately, Apollo APO.N and Blackstone BX.N are funding a $35 billion AI capacity expansion for Anthropic using Broadcom AVGO.O chips, Reuters reported this week.
