Nvidia invests $1.5 billion in SB Energy for an Ohio AI campus

Summary

Nvidia said it will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy and secure capacity at the PORTS-Pike Technology Campus. Nvidia said the initial AI-factory deployment is expected to provide 4.25 gigawatts, with OpenAI as tenant.

Why it matters

The arrangement shows Nvidia moving beyond selling chips to help secure the land, power and financing needed to keep frontier-compute expansion on schedule.

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Sources

• Securing the Infrastructure of Intelligence
• Nvidia investing $1.5B in SoftBank data center developer behind OpenAI project